A Warm Day in February

The boys have the day off for Presidents Day. It is a really nice day (for February) being partly sunny and in the upper 50's. We spent some time outside to enjoy this short-lived weather. We had a picinic lunch in the backyard, the boys rode their bikes and we took a walk on the trail. We found some of our favorite signs that winter is on it's way out the door: Snowdrops - our first flowering bulb of the year.

The winter-ravaged gourd from our summer garden.

Even this way, it is beautiful.

Boys' Art

Asa's masterpiece. He really enjoyed this project.

Jake's valentine

Jake's first experimental collage

Jake's second work

Jake's magazine collage

Ice Storm

Ew! The weather here in the valley is awful. Today is the second day that school has been cancelled. Yesterday because of snow; today because of ice. Our power went out for a short moment this morning, but went right back on. I am worried that it will go out again for a longer period of time. John is staying home from work for the second day in a row too. The boys are playing games and doing artwork and watching movies with popcorn. They are glad to be missing school, although at first Jake was upset because he was going to miss a Valentines Day party in his classroom, but he got over that pretty quickly. I think it's a baking day. Cookies? Lasagna? Hmmmm.

Some recent family pictures

brothers

The first snowman of 2008 made with the neighbor kids and Dad.

Asa in his classroom on the 100th day of school. The kids in his class dressed up like 100-year olds.

A nice day outside.