Dining room pictures. I just love it!

As I mentioned in my last post, I finished sewing slipcovers for my dining room in February. Here's pictures. I just love the way it looks. I only have the binding left to finish a new table runner, so I'll post pictures when they are done.

February- A lovely month

No pictures today! My camera is out of batteries, but it's been to long since I last wrote an update, so I'm writing anyway. I'll go person by person.
Michael- prepared a grant proposal to send of to the state DOT next week. Also committed to a 50 mile hike with the boy scouts at the end of May, along with the accompanying preparation. This is the Varsity scout's alternative to a week-long scout trip.
Chelsey-Finished sewing slipcovers for our dining room chairs, also finished tying a quilt for Aaron, and a patchwork and applique quilted table runner from scraps to match the slip covers. Picture will be coming, I promise. Today, March 1st, I was also released as assistant ward librarian, and called to be the nursery leader. I felt like I was going to be resleased from the library soon, but didn't know where I would be moved to. Nursery was a surprise, but I'm glad I'll be in with Andrew and Edmund.
Aaron-Has been preparing for Science Olympiad at the end or March. He is building a rubber band catapult and working on an aerodynamics project (building paper airplanes for acuracy and distance.) More coming on that latter. His class focused on Poetry during literature this month. Parents were invited to attend a poetry and pizza party on Read to a Kid day (Feb 27). All of his poems were about Star Wars. Also, on RTAK day he dressed up as Twig, the sky pirate from The Edge Chronicles. Funny, this month, I suggested we play 'valentine, valentine, cupid' (duck, duck, goose) on Valentine's Day. Aaron asked, "What does cupid have to do with Valentines? He is just a pretend reindeer.'
Cory-Is trying to decide on the theme for his birthday party. Wants Nintendo DS games and YUGIOH cards (please, not YUGIOH again, he never takes care of them). Took a field trip to Tuskeegee to visit museums on George Washington Carver and Booker T Washington. Cory enjoyed presenting a reader's theater play "Uptown Gingerbread Man" with his walk to read class on the 26th. He had a greater flair for drama than I realized. On the RTAK day he dressed as a dark rider from the Lord of the Rings.
Carissa didn't have a very exciting month, However today (March 1) she lost her first upper tooth first thing in the morning. We were awaken at 5:30 with the announcement. She literally lost it, and we have not been able to find it. She insists that she was awake when it finally came out, and that she did not swallow it. We'll give her one more day to find it before she writes a note to the tooth fairy to explain the situation.
About half an hour after he initial announcement, she came down with another one. "IT'S SNOWING." We had a specatular snow storm (for Alabama). It snowed until about 2 in the afternoon, and thie children built a snowman after church today.
Andrew and Edmund- made as many messes as they could this month.

Our 6 year old Girl

It has been so long since I have posted pictures that I've put them on in the oipposite order than what I wanted them in, but oh well. Here are the pictures from Carissa's birthday party with the family:

The cake, with gum-drop flowers

Carissa with her biggest present, a bike. She'll be riding it outside this weekend!

Patrick ready to present her with a present.

She is wearing the birthday crown her teacher gave her to wear all day!

Carissa sampling her cake batter

Carissa making cupcakes for her class. YUM!