Snow!
We got our first snowfall in two years during February. It snowed and snowed, four times in a week, just like our American family and friends! The only difference was that our snowfall looked like this, and melted by noontime:
Craig's Birthday
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| Craig's birthday was on the 5th. He and Maya blow out the candles on his birthday cake. |
Foxton Locks
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| The sun has come out but the air is still bitterly cold. The canal is nearly frozen over. Some of the canal boats have signs on them: Stopped Due to Ice. |
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| The countryside looks very green |
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| Maya wants to walk on her own. |
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| Someone was gliding around in the sky with some sort of parachute and what sounded a lot like a leaf blower keeping it airborne. Can you see it? |
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| Craig and Maya at the locks |
Valentine's Day
It's hard keeping the cabin fever at bay in February. Luckily Valentine's Day came around so we had an excuse for arts and crafts. Maya and painted and cut hearts and strung up our work all over the house. You can see some of our handiwork in these pictures.
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| Maya and Craig |
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| Maya and Me |
Mardi Gras (Pancake Day)
As I've probably mentioned before, British folks eat Pancakes on Mardi Gras as a pre-Lent egg binge. Maya and I decided to celebrate with an afternoon pancake snack.
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| Yum! |
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| That's right, forget the for and just shove it in with your hands. |
Maya the Patchwork Elephant
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| It was Elmer the Patchwork Elephant month at the library and the capstone event was a colorful elephant parade for the kids. Maya dressed up like Elmer and marched all over the library blowing a party noise maker. Here's her costume. |
Thaw
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| The cold, frosty rain is starting to clear up. The sun is out every once in a while. Spring must be on it's way! |
