February

Well, we don't  have much to show for ourselves in February   It was a cold, slow month, which was fine with me, but I think everyone else is ready for spring!  Let's see - Friday the 1st, we had a yummy dinner out with neighbor friends and then Erin and Bob went to the Middle Creek Elementary Snowflake Ball.  We had high hopes that she would love it, but she was a little subdued.  She may have been tired, plus overwhelmed about having a party at night at her school.  She still talks about riding in Daddy's car, eating cookies, and drinking water at the dance party at school!  We spent the rest of the weekend of the month in Concord celebrating Ansley's 4th birthday.  It was lots of fun, and the girls loved playing at their house and going to Ansley's party!

Daddy took some short trips for work to New York City (twice, for one day each time) and Boston (one night), where he got to see Tom, Pam, and Jimmy and spend the night at their house.  Mommy's highlight of the month was Anna getting into preschool for next year, Tuesday/Thursday mornings at the church across the street from our neighborhood.  I can almost taste the freedom...the first regular freedom I'll have had in almost 5 years!  Anna was really excited to be there and wanted to join right in.  I'm hoping that will still be the case in September!

Mommy had a fun birthday, going out to dinner without kids while Aunt Maria babysat, which was so nice.  Erin had a Valentine's Day party at school, but it was for kids only...she came home with lots of nice valentines from all of her boyfriends!  We had a party weekend after that with neighbor twins Nina and Lily's 3rd birthday party at Bounce U on Friday night, then Dalton's 4th birthday party at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on Saturday.  Both were lots of fun, and we really enjoyed them both!  We had yummy spaghetti at Cole's house on Sunday and tried to walk to the park near their house, but Cole and Anna were not too happy by the end of our walk.  Erin, however, loved riding in Cole's wagon.  I guess we've got one outdoorsy one!

The following weekend, we went to our friends Matthew, Caroline, and Joshua's house to watch the NCSU/UNC game and play with their toys.  On Sunday, we got to meet sweet little (big) baby Ike.  We all had a cold last week, but we have survived it and are better than ever now.  That was basically it for the month, just school for Erin and the regular routine!

We're looking forward to a fun March with Erin's track-out starting on the 21st, our trip to Boone that following weekend, and visiting the family in Concord on the weekend of the 16th.  Hopefully we will get to see Aunt Pam and cousin Jimmy when they're in town in a couple of weeks too!  We also are hoping that Erin's field trip to Defy Gravity will happen next Friday since it had to be canceled last Friday due to the "ice" delay.  Anna starts her 8-week dance class on Monday, so she's been busy preparing her outfit for that.  This weekend will also be extra fun with Erin's dance class and seeing Rapunzel onstage tomorrow night!  And, hopefully in March, I will learn to list things in correct chronological order.

We're excited for warmer weather, Easter, and spring fun!