Ah, February. You are short, but you keep us on our toes. Never a dull moment.
With crazy weather and crazy schedules, it’s been fun, if a little busy. Some days have left we with my head spinning.
Valentine’s Day, I’m looking at you. I signed in and out of school four, FOUR!, times over the course of the day for meetings, volunteering and parties. Madness. I went to bed at 6pm. No joke!
February vacation gave us all a much needed break, but we have made the most of it. And, with the added bonus of one of the kids cousins staying with us, we’ve been busy and it’s flown by.
Back to school tomorrow, and while I will miss the kids, my to-do list will be thankful. It’s looking very neglected right now.
Week 5
The beginning of the month saw us hit the milestone that is the 100th day of school. For the youngest member of our family this meant working on her first full-on school project: presenting 100 of ‘something’ to her class.
I give you (100) marshmallow clouds!
We ended the week with friends watching the Super Bowl, a disappointing result for the Patriots, but a fun evening nonetheless. A very late night though…
Week 6
My younger son asked if he could ‘call in Super Bowl’ on Monday morning. That set the tone for the day!
The week brought sunshine and snow, and some chilly afternoons spent cuddled up at home. And the odd bit of baking, because who can resist making cakes that look like giant doughnuts?
Week 7
Crazy week. I’ve already mentioned Valentine’s Day, but it was a busy week all in. The kids’ cousin arrived and we seemed to have a constant stream of activities to juggle. A noon finish on the Friday to start vacation week was very welcome.
Saturday saw us visit one of our favorite spots, Breakheart Reservation, enjoying a lovely sunny walk and some fun throwing rocks at the ice on the lake.
The next day we woke to six inches of snow. That’s New England for you. My younger son and his dad made an epic sled run in the garden, and the kids and their cousin had a blast playing in the snow. It was one of those perfect snowy, blue sky days.
Week 8
February vacation has been great. A good mix of outings and chilling. The Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, the Aquarium, walks, meals.
And CRAZY weather. Tuesday and Wednesday were hot, shorts and T-shirts hot. Thursday it snowed. New England, you do like to keep us on our toes.
I started the week by taking my eldest to the fabulous Murakami exhibition at the MFA. Just awesome. We loved it, and I hope we manage to get back and see it again before it closes in April.
And I finished the week with a surprise for my daughter. Tickets to see Disney on Ice in Boston.
What a wonderful evening, really special. My little girl was so excited by everything. From getting the train into Boston, to grabbing food before the show, to the show itself. She was mesmerized. And, then to top it off, we were able to go rink-side at the end and listen to some of the cast and crew talk about the production (thank you Girl Scouts). With commemorative patch in hand, a very tired girl and I got the train home.
My husband and I sorted out the calendar for the next month today. Let’s just say it’s going to be interesting. See you on the other side!
Head over to my Instagram feed to see the rest of the snapshots I’ve taken this month.
Eudora Welty
I began writing ‘Snapshots’ posts last summer, when my days were too busy having fun with my kids to spend time writing about the fun we were having. They are a way for me to record the moments, but not feel obliged to write War and Peace. Simply capture the days as they happen. No SEO, no pinnable images, no stress. So, I’m going to continue to write them, and keep those moments from running away.
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the weather sounds a bit like Scotland, snow to sun in 24 hrs. The sledge run sounds like fun.
The Disney on Ice sounds like a good day out was had, and she looks very happy.
The sled run was excellent, and yes from talking to my mum, our weather has been quite similar to yours! Disney on Ice was great :)
I can just imagine her delight at seeing Disney on Ice. I can also imagine the sled run in your garden and the squeals of delight! #365
She was mesmerized, it was wonderful. The sled run was epic, the kids had a great time!
Wow, the art exhibition looks amazing, as does the cake that looks like a donut! It’s incredible that you can have snow, then shorts and T-shirt weather and back to snow!
The exhibition was awesome! The weather has been particularly crazy, even for New England :)
Loving all that snow and oh my goodness – that giant doughnut cake looks fabulous.
That giant doughnut cake would be greeted with hurrah here. The marshmallow clouds are looking good too. Now we’ve got our own snow. :)
Some lovely photos! Sledding is so much fun!#365