Chinese New Year

We rang in the Year of the Horse with our annual Families with Children from China party. This was Annie's first, and as expected, she wasn't a huge fan of the lion dancers. This is always a fun time to see friends, particularly those precious College boys!

Waiting for the lions

Not a fan

Lucky lettuce

Check out these Henan cheeseballs!

Father-daughter - warms my heart

2 of All God's Children's sweetest kids

Cookie Time!

Take one Girl Scout Mama who loves tea. Add cookie season, and what do you get?

Tea pairings.

Love Notes

Found this sweet note from Dayna the other day in my wax warmer.

Slumber Party

After weeks of begging, we finally relented and allowed the girls to have a slumber party. (I find the begging odd as they share a room and have a slumber party every night.) So we pulled out some cushions, blankets and pillows, put Curious George on the laptop, and let the girls sleep in the living room. It took way too long for them to fall asleep, but it was awfully sweet watching them together.

The Hair Fairy

Really! Where does my Chinese daughter get hair like this? Is there any hope for taming it? The hair fairy is very busy at our house whenever Annie is sleeping.

Daddy Date

On Valentine's Day, Dan had the privilege of taking not one, but TWO lovely girls out for a special Valentine's breakfast. (Meanwhile, Mom was able to get ready for work in a quiet house...a little too quiet!) This is such a special tradition, and it was even better that Annie is here this year to enjoy.

My heart belongs to Daddy

Girl Date

Dayna didn't have school last Friday, so the girls and I had a "girl date" at the Children's Museum. I really just sat back and let the girls do their thing, and was once again rejoicing at how beautifully they get along with each other.