February update

February was a pretty low key month, which was much needed.

We had another snow storm which brought Sophia outside again.  It is hard to get her inside when it snows.

We went to an FCC Chinese New Year celebration.  They had tons of crafts and a group performed a Lion Dance.

 Sophia raised money for the American Heart Association by participating in Jump Rope for Heart.  This is her fourth year doing this.  This year she raised almost $400.  She jumped in memory of her grandparents.

Sophia got her hair cut again by my stylist.  She looks so cute.

Sophia has been interesting in cooking.  She has been inspired by Master Chef Junior.  We cooked a meal of Chinese food.  It was delicious.

We love our pets but some are high maintenance.  

Shadow has been sick for a couple of months.  We finally got his IBD under control this month but then he developed urinary cystitis.  We are hoping this resolves.  He is the most cuddly cat.  

Mr. Twinkletoes is getting big.  Shadow and him are getting along better.  He loves playing with the dogs.  Mr. Twinkletoes sits on Sophia's lab every night at dinner.  He tries to eat her food.  It is so funny.

January 2015

Aiden came a week after Christmas to spend time with us.  It was great having him visit.  Sophia loves having her brothers around.  Aiden had a great first semester at Ithaca.  He is doing very well at school.

We celebrated another Christmas with Uncle George, Aunt Tracey, Aunt Linda, Chuck and all the girls in New Jersey.  Uncle George found a great time share for us to stay in.  Our rooms were huge.  Everyone had a blast hanging out together in the evenings.  Sophia, Hollie, Steve and Aiden went swimming.  I stayed in the hot tub!  The older girls went shopping then all the girls met up for a game of mini golf.  We had a wonderful Italian dinner at night.  We looked through old albums we got from my mother's house.  It was bittersweet.  It was so nice to be together but without my mom there was something missing.

We had a couple small snow storms this month.  Sophia was out playing in the snow for hours.  There is nothing like sledding and building snow forts.  Great to be out in the fresh air in the middle of the winter.

Sophia started playing violin in the school orchestra.  She had her first concert this month.  She practiced hard for this.  They sounded great for a bunch of kids only playing a couple of months.  She tells us we wants to continue this and join chorus next year.

Sophia picked out new glasses.  She looks great in them.  They are in blue, her favorite color.