February 2004

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February 2004

Brrrr ! January was a cold month here in northern Ohio. We have had snow on the ground since Christmas, ice and wind chills dropping below 0. The kids even had 3 days of school cancelled this month because of the weather. I was hoping that the groundhog wouldn't see his shadow and spring would be right around the corner. The forecast here is for more snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Now we know why the groundhog went back inside!

Class resumed on the 5th of January and the kids were glad to be going back to school. The semester ended the 22nd and the girls got their report cards. Lauren got 5A's and 1B. Her B was 1% from an A. She still enjoys school and soaks up everything they teach her. She loves to read and learn about animals. Lindsey just got S's on her card. She is doing very well also. I can see a lot of improvement since the first of the year. She is starting to learn to read and loves to try to read books to us. She is also a great puzzle worker. She can do the 100 pc. ones. Jared doesn't get a report card, but he loves school and was upset on the days that school was cancelled. He has learned to put on and zip up his own coat and he thinks he is big stuff. His favorite is still anything to do with trains.

	We had a girl scout bowling party before school started back from break. It was a lot of fun and some of the girls even got over 100. Lauren got a strike and was very excited.
	All three kids went to a birthday party at an indoor playground.
	Lauren sold over 150 boxes of Girl Scout cookies by walking around our neighborhood in the freezing cold weather.
	The kids had friends over during the snow days.
	Lauren's has two teachers for this year. One for the first semester and one for the second. Each teacher had a surprise party for the other one the day before the semester ended. I helped the kids make a book for the teacher that was going away.
	I sent in 7000 Campbell's labels for the school,
	On the 30th of January, Jared was playing ghost with a cover over his head and ran into the corner where the two walls meet. He ended up with a small gash in his head. We were able to fix it without a trip to the ER using liquid bandage.
	Those are the highlights from January. The rest of the month was filled with our normal monthly stuff.

My sister and her kids came up to visit over a long weekend. We celebrated Cait's birthday and went to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids liked having four days to play. Dennis and I even snuck out to dinner by ourselves.