Valentines Day and Presidents Day Weekend

Valentines day was very exciting in our house this year. Ciara had been learning all about it at school and would come home all excited about the party they were going to have and the cards she was going to get (Here in the US it is traditional for the kids to give little cards to everyone in the class). Fiona picked up on this excitement and thought that Valentines was some great place we were all going to go to. This year Ciara wrote her name herself on all her cards and Fiona put a heart sticker on all hers. On Valentines Day she cried and cried when she figured out she was still going to school and not to Valentines but I think the day redeemed itself as they also had a party in her classroom and she came home with a bag full of cards and treats.

We had a nice relaxing Presidents Day weekend. Saturday was catch up day for household chores and running errands. Fiona got to go to the store and pick out her own "princess dress". Ciara has a Cinderella princess dress which Fiona has gotten to love lately and she puts it on everyday when she comes home from daycare, along with her 'special pretty shoes' and she is very proud of how she looks. She has being doing very good on the potty, no more diapers during the day so she got to get her own dress. Some how Ciara has managed to still persuade Fiona to wear the "Cinderella " dress and she parades around in the new one the "Aurora" dress.
On Sunday Ciara, Fiona and I went to the Oakland zoo, they have a great childrens section there, we had a really nice time, we went on the sky ride at the end. Ciara has wanted to go on that one for a long time but we always said no, for some reason I always thought there was a height restriction but there isn't. It is like a ski lift ride but it goes up over some of the animal enclosures, Fiona and Ciara thought it was great, I have to admit I was a bit nervous at times, then we went on the train that goes all around the zoo, that is Fiona'a favourite. We topped the day off with trip out for ice cream. The girls had gotten money from their grandparents for Valentines day with instructions to go for ice cream so they made sure we didn't forget about that.