February 2018

We had a pretty eventful February. Right at the beginning of the month we all came down with the flu... so there was that. Aurora got it first, she actually had to be removed from class by her teachers because it was so clear she was sick. For a girl that never misses an opportunity to whine this was pretty amazing, but turns out we were supposed to go to dinner with a friend that night and she knew it wasn’t going to happen if she was sent home. I got it a day or so later and then Cooper the following week. I think it helped Connor and Dad that they left the house to go sking over the weekend so missed a lot of the germs.

We missed Valentine’s Day because I was still dying of the plague but we were mildly recovered by Matt’s birthday. Kids got him some cute presents and I got him the smart watch he has been wanting. Nothing crazy, just lots of love for Dad.

Unfortunately Matt had to be out of town during EXPO so he drove to Logan from the airport the day after and got to see her work before they took it down. Aurora’s unit this year was Traditional Food (mostly breads) and it was so fun to see all her work. A bunch of the kids’ Grandpartners also made an appearance so I got to meet Sandy (she and Aurora adore each other which is amazing). Aurora and I went out to dinner after EXPO and ended up running into her teacher Kim which was also pretty fun.

We took the kids to see Stomp (Connor’s birthday present) which was really neat. I was a little worried about Connor’s attention span because there was no intermission and an hour and a half run time, but he loved it. He was fully engaged the whole time and we talked about it all the way home.

The Schwedels came out to visit again! They spent the last half of winter break with us in Breckenridge. Connor, Aurora and Danny spent every day skiing together and Erica and I even got to do a lesson. I really miss having good friends that are easy to hang out with. Hopefully now that we are settled in our new neighborhood we will start to meet some people.