It's February!

Tonight we took Madison to Chili's, all because she got that free meal voucher for being on honor roll this past semester.  She likes spicy food, and the thinking was that Chili's has spicy food somewhere on its menu, which in fact it does.  We might advance to something more spicy for her soon enough, but tonight's grilled nuggets and buffalo sauce were just fine.  Meanwhile, Mommy and Daddy actually really enjoyed our entries, something we haven't had in quite some time really.  Mommy got the Margarita Chicken, which is gluten-free, and Daddy got the cajun pasta, which has been a theme lately.  Today for lunch, Daddy had some gumbo.  Anyway, the point is, we went out to eat for dinner tonight, and it really didn't cost that much either.  We had a great time, the three of us, really going out to eat and that's about it:  no other plans other than going home.

We saw "Shanghai Knights" when home, completing that series, and continuing our "Chinese New Year" theme, although this movie takes place in London mostly.  It starts out in China though, so there's marks for that, right?

Anyway, it was a good day today.  Madison started out early, going to art club this morning.  By the way, she was making space on her device tonight, so we were moving some old photos off of that and onto this computer.  Here are just two that she took:

There's the Cat in the Hat again!  Madison has loved hanging out with the Dr. Seuss crowd on Sundays.  We have one more Sunday to go with this series, and I'm starting to miss it already.

Here's another photo I found:

I like this one - maybe it's the composition, but I think this one is interesting.  Madison brought me to this river up in North Carolina (when we were in the Smoky Mountain National Park), and she wanted to take a picture there, and this above is what she took.  It came out nice, I think!

Anyway, "Art Club" just made me think of that.  The other club she's in, Live to Give, is still collecting the cans for the different teams playing in the Super Bowl.  Patriots vs. Rams - whoever gets the most cans in their barrel wins.  Thus far, it's a blow-out, as you would expect here in Georgia.  The Rams are winning that contest, with at least thirty more cans.  Madison is secretly cheering for the Patriots a bit though, and this might be because Daddy is a quiet Patriots fan this year.  It's just an immense accomplishment for their quarterback, really an amazing feat.  We're living in a historic time for football fans, watching legends play.

Of course, nobody in our house really watches these legends play.  We're not really football fans so much, and of course all the recent controversies haven't helped the cause.  We're just fine on Sunday afternoons, with plenty of other options of things to do.

Today at work, Daddy was given a big box of Quality Street candies from Great Britain.  Oh my.  Mommy loved getting that!  These are special candies, ones you don't just pop in your mouth.  These are the sorts you savor and eat slowly.  Which we did.  Madison, Mommy and Daddy were enjoying some of these tasty candies tonight, something we'll no doubt be doing through this weekend - if they last that long.

It's February, so we're doing something unique for Madison the first fourteen days of the month.  We have a heart on her bedroom door, and by Valentine's Day, there'll be fourteen hearts on her door, each with a different reason written on it why we love her.  Today we quoted a bit of "Oh the Places You'll Go" on today's heart, and each day there'll be a different character or quote.  Don't worry - you'll see pictures soon enough.  But Madison did see that this morning when she got up, and thought it was sweet.

So February is here, and the long month of January is finally over with.  It seemed to go longer than thirty-one days, but that might be because of the temperature, or the tedious nature of it all.  No holidays (except MLK day and a snow day), and no decorations.  In fact, the decorations are supposed to come down this month, so that's even worse.

But February is the month of Presidents and Valentines and Groundhogs, followed by a month of leprechauns, and after that a month of Easter eggs and spring.  So we're rounding a corner here.  I don't know if there's another snow day coming up - we didn't technically get any snow or even flurries so far this winter.  But that might be nice.  I guess we'll have to find out tomorrow about that, as the world's most famous meteorologist will be popping up to make a prediction or two.

We can't wait for that.  See you tomorrow!