King Cake

We made a King Cake to celebrate Mardi Gras. It was a yummy treat for a very cold day!

Willa got the baby!

More Volunteering

We packed meals again as a family activity. I love that the girls are used to volunteering now. We packed 1,944 meals!

Winter Olympics

We finally had a snow day where it was warm enough to play outside! The neighborhood kids hosted a Winter Olympics.

Lots of snow and ice = Lots of water

We've had a lot of snow this year. It resulted in major ice dams on our roof. We briefly had some warmer weather and what do you know? We had water pouring into two rooms of our house: Jia's room and our office.

We began the migration of everything in Jia's room and our office to the rest of the house so we could start water mitigation (tearing out walls and ceilings). Unfortunately, the repair needs to wait until spring in case there is more water damage. This means Jia may be bunking up with Willa for a few months. Once the girls heard this, they and a neighbor friend decided to surprise us by moving Jia's mattress to Willa's room! Now bring on the never-ending bedtimes!

Boba Tea

The girls LOVE boba tea. Today, we tried making our own! The flavor: Lychee green tea (my fave).

Verdict: Yum!

Siberia

Where better to go on a freezing cold day than an exhibit on Siberia? 

It was pretty amazing.

Happy Valentine's Day!

For many years, Joe and I adopted manatees for each other for Valentine's Day as we wanted to do something more meaningful for our gifts, and it is fun to share that tradition with the girls! They were very excited to choose their manatees tonight from http://www.savethemanatee.org/adopt_tampa_bay.htm. Jia picked Elsie and Willa picked Flicker, whom we may have seen on one of our Florida trips. (And, after some discussion, Willa now understands that we are not actually getting the manatee as a pet and it is better off staying where it is.) 

 

 Happy Valentine's Day!