February of this year was a pretty ordinary month. Busy with skiing, various lessons, walking Mo around the fields & forest, school and work. The most exciting things were:
- celebrating Chinese New Year at a friend’s house one Sunday afternoon (it’s the Year of the Tiger – that’s me!!);
- enjoying (for the kids) a 4-day weekend in the middle of the month, what with one PD day and the provincial holiday (Nanny takes them on special outings);
- attending another concert on a Saturday afternoon after skiing; and
- watching the Olympics and cheering for our Canadian athletes.
We also celebrated Lovely’s second birthday (and Valentine’s day) at a pampered pet store-cum-tea shop. Her birthday presents included a nice soft doggy bed – a bit on the small size, but she still enjoys sleeping in it! – a light doggy t-shirt, and a monkey pull toy – all pink and heart-covered. After all, she is a Lovely doggie, born on Valentine’s day!!
In the middle of the month we enjoyed the visit of three young ladies: two from Germany and one from Peru. They were here as part of a conference of International Visitor Exchange participants, a program operated by our church. The conference was hosted by our congregation this year. They spent four night with us and we enjoyed breakfasts together, playtime, and conversation.
The last Sunday of the month we took Lovely out for some playtime in the afternoon, accompanied by our friend Chuckles, and played in the fields near home and on the snow mountains (created by clearing the nearby office parking lot).
The last week of February we had some lovely warm weather, well above freezing, and a lot of snow melted. The days are also getting noticeably longer – a welcome break from winter’s dark. We have had hardly any snow at all since Laolao and Laoye left at the end of December. I’ve shovelled once, and it was only a couple of centimetres. Spring is just around the corner…
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