February 19, 2011 - Rainy Days Are Meant For Baking

Due to the bitterly cold, rainy weather we've been having, the outdoor twin party the boys were invited to was cancelled. What did this gal do with her extra time?  She baked oatmeal raisin cookies, which were much appreciated by all my guys. Anthony showed us he knows how to dunk his cookie in milk.  Don't know where he gets this since neither of us are dunkers.  If you're wondering where Little Daniel is, he kept swiping the cookies off the counter and running before I could snap a picture. I love to hear Anthony's response when I ask, "What do you say?"  He answers, "Tankchoo, Mamma."  Daniel responds with thank you in sign language.

February 14, 2011 - Valentine's Day 2011

 
Days don't always turn out the way we plan them; holidays are no exception!  We had planned on avoiding the Valentine dinner insanity by having a Valentine lunch at Portofinos.  Service was beyond slow, little Daniel was sinking in his chair due to a cold he wasn't totally over, and my patience was waning fast. We decided to leave and before we were two blocks down the road, our heavy-lidded son was out. Pland B: Eat leftovers and enjoy the chocolate cake I made.  Our Valentine's Day Take Two will have to be in San Francisco ;)


Anthony couldn't wait, for the anticipation was too great!



February 12, 2011 - Saturday in the Park

 

After running several errands today, the boys and I found ourselves running around the park.

February 6, 2011 - Day Tripping Moms to the Kidseum

My equally energetic day tripping momma, Leah, suggested our next point of interest to be the Kidseum. It's a nice, little museum where the kids can play, explore, create, and dress up. I LOVED the fact that this month's theme highlighted some of my social studies curriculum...Egypt, China and India. In honor of the Chinese New Year, the kids got to decorate paper dragons. I think I am going to use some of the neat deas I saw today in my China unit.

 

February 5, 2011 - Gung Hay Fat Choy

Say what? It's a Chinese new year greeting meaning, "May you become prosperous." Today, we went to the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in Hacienda Heights to check out their Chinese New Year Peace Latern Festival. What a beautiful place so close to home. The pictures make for a great way to start my Ancient China unit next week.