Oh What Fun

February has been a short and busy month. I didn't realize how many holidays there would be this month. From Presidents Day (5 kids home from school, but daddy still working) to Valentine's Day to Chinese New Year, it seemed like this short little month was packed full.

Choosing valentines for his class. This took way longer than it should have...

But he was SO happy.

Money for Valentines Day! Grandparents...

And candy. When did Valentines Day become the Halloween of the Spring? I have been smuggling boxes of heart shaped antacids to the trash all week. Fortunately there has been enough other candy they haven't noticed yet...

Then Chinese New Year. We celebrated at Ty's school first. Just like last year all of the classes performed. Ty enjoyed sharing this experience with his buddy PJ from China.

 Then on the eve of the New Year we had Nana and Papa over for dinner.

This young man was pretty excited.

I can't believe I made all this myself. And it was good!

Red envelopes were a hit.

This year we kept it very simple. Each year we will add a new part to our celebration. Next year we will add a few fireworks reserved from 4th of July. This year was just dinner and red envelopes. We are looking forward to building on this tradition.