This year I am going to try and do more with the family. We started out with a picnic in the family room. We roasted hot dogs and made smores over the fire. We followed by watching Journey to the Center of Earth. My kids loved it and hopefully the fact the hot dogs were disgusting didn't matter, it was fun. This month, we also had friends over for cake and ice cream, then celebrated Chinese New Year by eating Chinese food at the coffee table. Sean wasn't too excited, but eating while sitting on pillows instead of chairs was quite exciting for the kids. I had activities to do and stories to read so we could learn about Chinese New Year. I made Egg Rolls (fried), Orange Chicken (Tempura battered and fried), and fried rice. I took 2 hours to make, I wasn't expecting that, and then we were sick from eating all that fried food - but it was sooooo good. Needless to say, we didn't get to the activity portion, but we did try to eat with chopsticks, at least it was something.
I talk about the dog not so kindly some times, but this is why I love her.
