February Celebrations

With the arrival of Miss February 2013, we have been busy attending many parties and events that our dear sweet month has planned for us to do. February is such a short little month that it seems everyday is jam packed with one wonderful thing to do after the other. This past week, we attended our church's annual Mardi Gras Celebration which was also a fundraiser for the annual mission trip to Bolivia. The very next day was Ash Wednesday of course marking the beginning of Lent (more on Lent to come.)

Valentine's Day followed the next day and also was our dog Lucy's 17th birthday!

 

We celebrated our dear wonder dog in grand style with a doggie birthday cake for our fur babies and chocolate cupcakes for us.

It's a good thing sweets are not what I gave up for Lent or I may have felt a little uncelebratory in not being able to eat a cupcake :-)!

Lucy couldn't wait for to eat her birthday cake so the girls rushed out of the bath in order to sing happy birthday!

The girls enjoyed heart shaped doughnuts on their way to school on Valentine's Day morning.

And we all received lots of cards, gifts and flowers to celebrate the day of love.

Emma-Caroline put her sewing skills to good use and made an elephant squeekie toy for Macy as a Valentine's Day gift.

Macy preferred to play with her new toy instead of having her photo made!

We ended our week with a fun family outing to see Phineas and Ferb Live.

It was a great show and later we headed to our favorite restaurant, Tupelo Honey for a nice tasty dinner.

We did a little indoor window shopping at some of our favorite down town stores as we waited for a table for dinner.

The girls purchased two new "puppy dogs" to add to their collection and wanted to pose with them for a photo op.

We finally made it to Tupelo Honey for a wonderful meal together. While we were eating, it began to snow a beautiful heavy snow. It only lasted for a small bit, but it made it feel even cozier as we dined on some of favorites. Today we are enjoying an extended weekend in observance of President's Day. Although February is a short month, we have many more celebratory days ahead including Grandparents Day, a trip to the symphony and a sleepover birthday party. Miss February sure knows how to warm hearts and bring smiles even during the cold winter months!