Farewell to February

 We will never forget how February began...

 

It was EPIC.

The rest of the month was surprisingly pretty low key--but HAPPY. I really do like my family. =)

There wasn't anything too fancy, but we still had fun. From soup and sandwich night, 

 

to a trip to Petsmart simply to get out--we seemed to beat those winter blues.

"Duzrts heor (here)"

We set up our own store, which Jack called Home Depot, even though was stocked with mostly food and toys. He labeled everything in the store with his cute inventive spelling:

 "Foots aend vedbl "

Our biggest form of exercise while stuck indoors was dancing with the Wii. I will have to devote an entire post to this, because I have some fun videos and pictures of everyone dancing. 

We also managed to spend one Saturday at the Museum of Science and Industry with Staci and Tom.

 Alice got to see her friends...the baby chicks

while Jack got to turn his gears

I love that place.

February DOES bring an important day in our family:

 Jamie's birthday was a Thursday night filled with Gale Street ribs, Black Forest Cake...    

and whipped cream

(Look at that Daddy Love)

My mom had an Oscar-themed birthday party for Jamie and Kerry's birthdays. Isn't that fun?!
 Dressing in a character was optional. My mom was a presenter, so she was all glammed up.

 Nevermind that she was presenting a drink shaker instead of an Oscar.

 Erin was the "Pink" Swan,

 I was Mattie Ross from True Grit 

 My dad was Rooster Cogburn

and Jamie was  Mark Zuckerberg.

She made steak "Oscar"style (with crabmeat on top) and homemade Oreo cheesecake. It was all so delicious.

And we sang to two of my favorite people:

 
Now, can we start to dream about Spring???