February 2011

In February we celebrated the Chinese New Year by attending a party hosted by the Chinese Branch of our LDS Stake.  They had delicious food (our girls are BIG fans of pork fried dumplings), some entertainment & the highlight of the night was the lion dance, not to be confused with the dragon dance.  There is a tradition at Chinese New Year to feed the lion money in a red envelope, & although the girls were a little nervous to do it, they mustered all their bravery and fed the lion!











February also brings a week off of school in the NY Tri-State area, which means both Alexis and Matt were home with Ella & I for the week.  We did lots of fun things.

The Museum of Natural History with Ella's friend, Julia




A Pinkalicious Celebration at Borders Books: crafts, parade & story reading






The Museum of Modern Art (there are some great packets for the kids to fill out & a wonderful resource room where they can do some hands on things)










Reading & Playtime at home (when mom&dad were too tired to go anywhere)




Alexis got to write & publish her own book at Scribble Press


We definitely wore everyone out!