Life lately has been very full! The kids are busy with school work and activities and we're spending lots of time with family, but our weekends have been quieter. Rainy gray days = perfect for staying inside.
Here's a peek at some of what we've been up to lately:
The boys put on their Patriots caps (thanks to Aunt Rosemary) for the Super Bowl. Too bad it didn't help them win!
Henry made two cars for the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby.
Neither of his cars won anything, but he enjoyed working with Gene to build the cars.
I snapped this photo of the boys with one of Ruby's toys. Ruby usually rips her toys to pieces immediately, but this one (Monsieur Acorn) stayed intact for months -- which was ironic because there was a hidden "sad" acorn inside the outer shell!
Playing Dungeons and Dragons by candlelight.
Henry loves grapefruit, so we usually come home with a bag from the farmers market. We love citrus season!
More food: we had a simple Valentine's breakfast of heart-shaped cinnamon toast with red strawberries. I even managed to find my Valentine's decorations (all two pieces) just in time!
The school libraries have been keeping me busy as well. My friend Gwendolyn and I made a door sign for our school librarian for teacher appreciation week.
Our school also had its first author visit. John David Anderson, author of eight middle grade novels, came to talk about his newest book, Granted. He was so funny and the kids roared with laughter. Author visits are my favorite!
I spend a lot of time in the library, but I'm not always there when Henry's class comes in. A couple of weeks ago, I was covering for a volunteer during Henry's library ancillary, so I snapped a bunch of photos for his class Shutterfly album.
Nana's birthday is this week, but we were over for dinner a couple of weeks ago and celebrated early with brownies.
We had a bunch of outtakes trying to get one good shot -- Henry is laughing that the candle blew out.
Happy early birthday, Nana!!
Will had a birthday party to attend out near Nana and Pop's last weekend, so the rest of us spend a few hours hanging out and enjoying a couple of hours of sun and blue skies!
We celebrated Will's half birthday with my parents twice -- once with leftover cake
and once with presents!
March and its many birthday celebrations will be here before we know it!
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