Brrr...when does Spring start?

Every year, I post a photo on Truck Day. You know, that "holiday" here in Boston that means Red Sox Spring training is only a week or two away. This year, the Boston Globe couldn't even wait until Truck Day to run a story. THIS was on boston.com today. Good golly...that's like the stores putting out their Christmas decorations in August.

Life is still cruising along here at a slower pace, compliments of weather that's just too cold to go out in. We're already thinking ahead to summer vacations! No big plans last weekend or next. In fact, we might even do a little potty training with Miss Sophie this weekend.

We also have to prepare for Chinese New Year on Monday. EJ has some red envelopes to take into her classmates, complete with some nice little treats. We're sending in fans for Sophie's class to color (I don't think they'll get the red envelope thing just yet - maybe next year). I also plan to make a batch of wontons for wonton soup on Monday.

The following weekend, we'll be at our agency's Chinese New Year party along with about 1500 other people! It's exhausting but a lot of fun and we're looking forward to meeting up with many of our travelmates and some of the folks who write other blogs I follow (listed in the left column). And then, of course, we'll be cheering on the Steelers in the Super Bowl the next day.

EJ planted her face in the driveway today and has a busted lower lip and a swollen upper lip, as well as a nice big scrape on her chin. She decided to hop on her sled for a little while after school and slid down the slope out of the neighbor's yard into our driveway. Except she wasn't sitting or laying down on the sled, she was kneeling. So, when she got to the bottom of the slope and dropped the 18 or so inches off the snow onto the driveway, let's just say she lost her balance. A little ice and some Tylenol are helping now, but it will take a few days to heal up.