February is....

• me devoting ridiculous amounts of time to two new novels, The Persian Pickle Club and The Magic of Ordinary Days. Oh but they made me happy to read them! I love books that make you think, and these surely delivered.
• Samuel helping me make bread. He LOVES to run his hands through the warm, freshly ground flour. Apparently he even likes the taste of flour straight. I prefer mine baked in bread, rolls, cookies, and anything else with a million carbs and calories.

 

• Cassidy and Garrett making up a new game called SPEED CLEANERS in which they clean the basement super fast without being asked to surprise mom. It is perhaps the BEST GAME EVER INVENTED. 
• making homemade valentines with Ben and Cassidy. What was I thinking? The first few hours was fun anyway. After that.....

 

• wanting Spring to come so badly it hurts. We are all tired of coats and long sleeves and boots and brown grass and frigid wind and no flowers/leaves/plants and no garden and ESPECIALLY of having to be inside all the time. What does that stupid groundhog know, anyway?
• something to watch on TV everynight! We are all seriously addicted to the Olympics. Now that they are over and I've finished my books, the laundry might actually get some attention.
•  the Blue and Gold Banquet, and Ben receiving his Arrow of Light. Can I just give a huge THANK YOU to each and every Cub Scout leader that Ben has ever had? You are all wonderful. And can I just say that the Blue and Gold Banquet is my favorite Pack Meeting of the year? I love not having to make dinner! Good thing we have two more boys coming up....

 

• Ben having the time of his life playing basketball, and me struggling to get the camera settings right to take decent pictures of his stellar moves. Maybe if I'd stop reading novels and watching Olympics I could study my photography books and do a better job. In any event, #20 has done a phenomenal job this season on the court. Move over, D-Will. B-King is in the house!

 

•  almost over and March is almost here, and none too soon. March is close to April, which is close to May, which is close to OUTSIDE WEATHER. I can't wait!