February 2008

February was a great month. We celebrated Valentine's day by attending Japan night at Callie's school, Morely Elementary. All of the second graders have been studying Japan for the past couple of months. At the end of their studies they put on a Japan night for the parents. Luke was luck enough to stay home with his favorite babysitter and girlfriend, Bridget. Japan night started with a gathering in Mrs. Vannie's classroom where the kids donned their kimonos and headbands (I can't remember what they are called). Callie and her friends, Collin and Andrew then led us around the school to various activities. We really enjoyed the Japanese games (Jason was awesome at the blindfold games) and the signing and dancing (Jason wasn't quite so awesome at that). After our visit to the activities everyone gathered in the auditorium for the program portion of the evening. Callie had a special part reading part of a story in front of everyone. She did a great job and managed to read the entire passage without taking a breath. Finally we gathered in the courtyard for Japanese food. Ruth discovered that she really like Sushi, but only if there no fish in it (if that's even possible). It was a great evening, we are so proud of Callie.

Ruth celebrated her birthday this month. We had a great evening of pizza and cake. We also had a huge snowstorm to make the day even better. She begged not too have so many candles on her cake, but it turned out to be a lot of fun, albeit a little smokey.

Luke is growng up fast. He loves to talk. In fact, there are very few monents we he isn't chatting about something. He discovered this month that he really likes lotion on his body and he has managed to hide out and cover himself in lotion (or Vasiline or diaper rash cream) more than once this month.

We have taken up ice skating. Callie has been taking lessons and Luke is even brave enough to get out and try it without the help of mom or dad.