Day 29

Can you see the anticipation? Off to Target with purses loaded with CNY money, tooth fairy money and Target gift cards!

Day 28

Husband and C. are HUGE Ice Breaker fans. I found these cute heart shape ones for Valentine's day and surprised all three of my sweeties with their own little round boxes. I've already gotten two days worth of thank yous from C. Hard to beat that!

Day 27

So, this blog isn't about journaling but this photo is so bear with me. My father died 14 years ago this past November. We were very close and I miss him terribly. 13 years ago, I went to leave flowers on the anniversary of his death and all I could find was a Christmas cactus. A little thing with no flowers but I had to leave something so in early November, I left it at the cemetery. The cemetery is supposed to throw out the flowers and all decorations every week but six weeks later, when I went to visit at Christmas, I found this same Christmas cactus in full bloom. I think this was the last gift my father gave me and I still have it all these years later. It blooms every winter and reminds me of the love we will always share.

Day 26

T. dressed herself today - what do you think? Gotta love toddler fashion sense!

Day 25

Homework is done, dinner is being prepared and this was what I saw when I came home from work tonight - the girls sitting (is that sitting?) and watching some television. Ah! Home!

Day 24

Today is the first day of Chinese New Year. Here C. is receiving her red envelopes from Mama! Happy Year of the Ox!

Day 23

Happy Chinese New Year! Year of the Ox and I had a lot of cute photos to choose from today. We had a fun little photo shoot before going to a CNY dinner with friends. I also have some photos from the dinner itself (and some OF the yummy dinner) but in the end, I really liked the effect of this shot.