February in Review

Somehow I let February get away from me without many posts. This mamma has been a bit tired and sick, so my bed calls at nap time rather than the laptop!

For Valentine's Weekend, my mom came here from Texas for the weekend. Thanks, Grandma! I got to enjoy a date night with Matt in downtown Seattle, starting with dinner at Purple (an incredible wine and cheese bar/cafe) and a night at the show -- the Lion King. The Lion King was SOOO good, and I loved the music and the costumes! When the elephant entered in the beginning and walked down the aisle near us, people were cheering and clapping with such enthusiasm that is was obvious those around us were enjoying it, as well!

Colin enjoyed spending more time with Grandma, and Colin's mom and dad especially enjoyed sleeping in a bit over the weekend (such a rare treat to "see my eye lids"past 7 am!)

The following week was mid-winter break, and all the schools were on vacation, thus we had no preschool. Probably a good thing, though, as Colin joined the masses in getting the stomach flu that Thursday night. Yep, starting at 9:45 pm until 5:30 am I hung out with him, wishing he knew how to hug the porcelain goddess! I finally just built a palate in his room about 3 am so I could rest between sickness. And Matt was a trooper -- he did 2 loads of wash into the night, and we now know Pooh bear can go thought the washer and dryer twice in a night if he needs to and still look and smell pretty fresh! Poor guy must have thought his crib was jinxed. At one point he cried, "no bed, mommy, no bed!"

Then over the weekend our cat experienced a near death experience that we are glad neither Colin nor the neighbor girls witnessed. Elliot, our cat, snuck out the garage door when it opened (he's not an outside cat as he has no front claws!) Our neighbors and the 2 year old, very undisciplined 75 lb dog they are dog sitting saw Elliot and salivated and took off after Elliot. Elliot ran for his life to a bush in the front yard and Matt leaped into action like a Pappa Bear. Matt (a former dog owner of 2 dogs of a similar breed) ran and gave the dog a full body tackle before he chomped the cat. It took all of Matt's 200 lbs to tame the feverish excitement of the dog. I ran & rescued the cat, who at this point was trapped and was leaping up about 7 or 8 feet at the door frame looking for an escape. Bet he won't try an escape from the house anytime soon!

We've been battling the same crud that seems to be going around with others. It's just that time of year! Unfortunately I got it and it turned into an ear infection -- ouch! I don't recall having one of those before, and I woke up literally crying in the middle of the night. I felt like a helpless 12 month old! Is God trying to build my sympathy reserves for our offspring? Hmmmm.

And here we are, towards the end of Feb and we have yet another snow day and no school. The snow can take a hike for all I'm concerned. This one didn't stick around -- the roads are now clear and the lawns are white with glimmers of green grass showing through, but the "no school" thing was not in my plan today! But is it ever? Guess I really should watch the weather more closely before I head to bed the night before...

...and that's the month in review!