The picture below best sums up February 2021: a perpetual snow day. February is a rough month in Ohio during a normal year. Throw in a pandemic and it has been very challenging. The kids have had so many snow days (combined with their hybrid schedule) they attended school SEVEN times during the entire month. It has been absolutely crazy with the lack of consistency, grey days and the coldest temps Columbus has seen in years. I think we are over the hump though as the sun is starting to reemerge, the tempetkres are rising AND the best news yet...the kids are slated to go back to school full time beginning March 15th!!
Even in the darkest days of dreaded February, the kids are making progress at school and they have had plenty of time to just be kids. Eric and I have found time to get out of the house as well and are surviving. It's almost spring!!
Neighborhood gang sledding in the backyard.
Eric has decided we need to invest in a snow blower. Sounds like the neighborhood is going to all chip in for one that we can all use on our street.
Quinn had her first sleep over away from our house. She had a blast at the DePauls and did really well being away from home.
Nolan wrapped up his basketball season. He had a blast with this group of boys and loved the Friday night pizza parties at the Beharis after practice.
On their way to practice one nice, they spied Jack Hanna walking his dog in our neighborhood. So, of course, Chris Behari pulled the car over, unloaded the kids and asked for a picture. The boys thought they had just met the biggest celebrity.
Girl gang organizing Quinn's Girl Scout cookie orders for delivery. This kept them busy and happy for about an hour.
Mairin started swimming lessons. I was feeling guilty that the other two have activities and she wasn't enrolled in anything. Not even preschool due to Covid. She loves the water and has been doing really well. The first two lessons, she pretty much demanded a private lesson from the lifeguard and wouldn't join her group but on lesson three, she sat with her class and is participating in the class. She puts her face in the water, jumps, kicks, and has a blast.
This sums up where Nolan is most days. The kid is never home. He can be found at Calvin's or Max's house on any day that they aren't in school.
Staying busy with fun activities. Spent an afternoon at Pins bowling and then headed over to the new North Market that they opened in Dublin.
Look closely at this picture. Quinn wants to be cute and pose with the bowling ball, this makes Nolan mad for some reason and he refuses to smile or get close to Quinn, Mairin is blurry because she wouldn't stop shaking her body back and forth. I tried.
Even though February is my least favorite month of the year, days like this are really pretty.
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