The month of February has been full of fun, but as usual, we didn't remember our camera for half of our family activities! I guess I could make "Bring the camera--take more photos!" a belated New Year's Resolution, but I'm not sure it would make a difference. :-)
We began the month with a celebration of our long-time friend, Brandon Moore's, promotion to Major with the U.S. Army. The Moores have recently moved to the Boston area so we got to be at their house to congratulate him in person and spend time with some of his fellow Army Chaplains and their families. The Moore kids and our kids had a grand time together--they are so close in age and interest that it seems they're well-suited for great play times. The next day, we had Isa's gymnastics birthday party, about which I previously posted.
We then went to a special Pajama Storytime event where the kids enjoyed stories, songs, crafts and a snack before bedtime. It was good to get out that evening because just a couple of days later, we experienced "Nemo", the Blizzard of 2013, and were snowed in for a few days.
The main event in February was Yiayia's visit! She arrived on Valentine's Day and stayed for parts of six days. The kids had a wonderful time reading stories with her, doing the crafts that she brought for them, dressing up in their new clothes and dress-up outfits, watching a movie together, and having an all-around quality time with their Yiayia. I enjoyed the time to catch up on conversations, visit the Boston Tea Party Museum, and go to part of a Women's retreat at church with my mom.
During Yiayia's visit, the kids had a parent breakfast at school and they were so excited to sing with their class for us as well as Yiayia. Lukas sang a song about the months of the year and Isabel sang her class' Good Morning song and one about playing musical instruments. (See the videos below.)
A couple of days after Yiayia returned to Colorado, Olli also flew to Denver for his host dad's retirement party. While they had a special family time together, the kids and I did lots of fun activities during the week they had off from school to keep busy and pass the time more quickly. Lukas and I went to a traveling planetarium show where he was fascinated by the information he received about some of the constellations in our night sky. During the week, the three of us went to two wildlife shows, a couple of craft and storytimes and a Build 'N Grow at Lowe's.
All in all, it was a very busy and fun month!
Lukas and Isa in front of the snowman we made after the blizzard
Our snowman--not-so-creatively named, Frosty
Lukas and Isa opening the fun presents that Yiayia brought them--there were lots of smiles, hugs, and genuine gratitude for the fun gifts
Isa decked out in her new princess attire--a tiara, sash and marshmellow rose from Yiayia
Yiayia helping Lukas complete a craft that she brought him
Lukas working on this coded-sticker craft. The completed version is still proudly displayed on our stairway
Lukas singing "Die Jahreszeiten" song with his preschool class
Isa singing the "Guten Morgen" song with her preschool class
Lukas standing inside a snow fort that he and his Papa built after we had more snowfall the weekend of Yiayia's visit
They built it with a snow shovel and one of my loaf pans
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