February

February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March.
- Dr. J. R. Stockton

It's cold. It's dreary.
We're bombarded with make up work from our vacation.

It's been very hard to get back into some sort of a routine.

But I found one of my most favorite books, Mrs. Sharp's Traditions, while we were in Bolivia.



It turns out there a lot of holidays coming up this month that will help us get back into a rhythm and routine.

FEB 2 is Candlemas. Gather all the candles of your house and use them tonight instead of lightbulbs. Eat by candlelight. Do homework by candlelight. Read a bedtime story by candlelight. You can even make candles if you have the supplies.

FEB 3 Chinese New Year. Year of the Rabbit! That's me! Check Crafty Crow for lots of fun crafts.

(image from http://www.craftjr.com/dragon-paper-craft/)

FEB 12 Lincoln's Birthday. Play with Lincoln Logs. Make an ice cream log cake. (It sounds hard, but we might try it.) Found this cake here that sounds even better!

FEB 14 Valentine's Day.

FEB 22 Washington's Birthday. Bake a cherry pie.

Happy February!