The February Flurry of Events

February has continued to be bustling with activities!  We rounded out the family birthdays with our nephew Elliot's birthday last week, and then we rolled right into Valentine's Day and then followed that with an Irish Step Dance festival for Evie.  February always flies by thanks to all the festivities, and we realized this morning that it was LIGHT when we woke up!  This feels like real progress toward Spring, even when the temperatures don't share the same story.

-10 degrees!

Ice formed INSIDE the windows 

Happy Birthday to E-Boy

He isn't quite taller than Grandpa yet

My dad has always taught us to wear layers to stay warm...but his 6 layers were an extreme example!  Ha ha!

Two cute Valentines

Made for me by Evie

A little Valentine's date night

Evie was very excited for her Irish Ceili in her new McFadden school dress

Evie had lots of supporters at her dance festival

Family dinner at RiRa (Irish Restaurant) after a day of Irish Dance

Other than all the events, here are a few Evie highlights from the week:

A celebratory Martone's sandwich

We are getting spoiled with all her cooking!

Fun with her Kiwi Crate craft kit

Someone finished Harry Potter Book #3!

When Daddy does bath time...it's also math time?!

Violin demo at Evie's school

Trying to teach Daddy how to play violin

And here are a few Noah highlights from the week:

Learning about Birds in the Four Winds Nature program at school

100th Day of School

Enjoying his Kiwi Crate craft kit

Working hard to dig a path to the bus stop

These two have done a lot of hard work to dig through the snow banks

More shoveling - they are almost done!  Noah really loves to have a project like this.

  

Fun with Duplos - these blocks have been a favorite of both kids for years