February is typically my least favorite month of the year. It is well documented that the cold, gray, uninspiring, unexciting month does little to win my favor. And although we had a few big events, like the drama club production and the dance state competition, there were a few other events, big and small, that rounded out our month.
We had some nice, warm weather sprinkled throughout the month. On one of those nice days, I took Adelie and Briggs to the Peoria Zoo.
Adelie won her class spelling bee and competed in the school-wide spelling bee. She ended up getting 8th place out of the 20 participants. She did great!!
Staley and I went to see 'Mean Girls: the Musical' at the Peoria Civic Center as part of her birthday present.
We ended up running into a number of NTA friends at the show.
Adelie and Zach went to the Daddy-Daughter Dance put on by Fight For Life. This was the last year that Adelie gets to go. It's been a fun tradition for Zach and the girls over the years.
Briggs had his classroom Valentine's Party. Although I wasn't able to attend, Grammie went and enjoyed getting to see Briggs with his friends.
Staley performed in her band and chorus concert. She enjoys band, but she LOVES chorus. She was so excited about the chorus concert, especially performing for the first time with Honors Chorus.
Our biggest "event" of February was a Valentine's Day date at the hospital. Zach had back surgery. We spent a night in the hospital, and then Zach spent the remainder of the month recovering (both from his surgery and the illness that Briggs brought home from school and shared with him.)
There was a lot that happened this month. There was spelling and dancing and performing and outings. There were warm spells and cold spells and rain and snow. There was surgery and recovery and sickness and wellness. And now February is over, and we can move one month closer to spring. Hooray!!
