Valentine's Day 2014

We were woken up by a phone message telling us school would be delayed two hours. There was a snow/ice storm yesterday and they felt the roads were still too slippery. That meant Malcolm didn't have preschool, which was disappointing. He worked really hard on his valentines!

Jane made us all cards!

I painted some wooden boxes to give to the kids. Now they have jewelry boxes to go in their rooms instead of keeping it all in the living room. It was cold working on them in the basement at night after they went to bed, so I'm glad that project is done!

It was also nice I finished Jane's sweater in time. It wasn't a Valentine's gift but the colors worked out.

Our heart kitty!

Jane showed us all her cards and gifts when she got home.

Nate made chocolate fondue for dinner.

After a few drips on Malcolm's new shirt, we took it off!

old Jane

For the 100th day of school, the first graders dressed up as 100 year olds.

new year's in Chinatown

We were excited to go to Chinatown for the new year this year; last year there was a blizzard and Jane was sick the year before that. We walked through the park and the kids loved that the birds and squirrels came so much closer to people than at our house.

We got to see a little of the parade.

There was some interesting food at Dim Sum. Jane tried everything there was, including chicken feet!

Malcolm was also very adventurous. He said: "this restaurant has a lot of meat!"

groundhog day

We went to Drumin Farm to celebrate Groundhog Day. The kids were anxious to see if Ms. G would see her shadow.

She did, no big surprise!

Both kids spilled their cocoa on the rug...

... so we went outside.

At this point, Malcolm was done with his outing. Nate had to take him home since he was still worn out from being sick. Jane and I visited all the animals.

She collected all different chicken feathers.

We walked out to the woods.

There's fun stuff to play on out there!

making stuff

Jane decided to make a snowman! Again, she ate the carrot when she was done using it for a nose.

After a trip to the yarn store, Jane wanted to learn how to knit. She's doing very well!

all warm

Ruffy and Marshmallow got new sweaters! Jane liked Marshmallow's so much that she asked me to make her a pink and purple striped sweater.

getting better

Our family was hit with a weird stomach illness. It took everyone who got it quite a while to get over it. On the second day Jane stayed home from school, we got our valentines done.

The kids had fun with stickers and glitter glue!