Spring

In this great weather we were able to spend a lot of time outside. During mid winter break we met with friends at the beach and play. I took some time and visited my friend Ulrike in Victoria. It was a great weekend full of sunshine, shopping, great food, and catching up with an old friend. I was very excited to see the Olympic Torch. Just as we were walking at the harbor Uli remembered that the torch for the Paralympics was supposed to come through; and sure enough a couple minutes later we saw the flame being passed on.

Together with my mother-in-law I drove to see the daffodils in Mt. Vernon. Marlene came up for Amelia's birthday which means it was a little early for the tulips; but the daffodil fields were in full bloom.

Like every year the girls got really excited about St. Patrick's Day. Amelia built a leprechaun trap at school and we placed it outside to see if we could catch a leprechaun. Not unexpected those leprechauns are really fast and we were not able to catch one. Maybe we used the wrong bait.

Amelia is quite a sculptor. They do a lot of art projects at school and allow the kids to just go for it. Amelia takes that very seriously and builds these elaborate sculptures. She has a lot of patience and is detail oriented as you can see in the paintwork of her latest piece. Other exciting things in her life included meeting Clifford at the open house in her school and being introduced to nutella.