February 2016

This month Liam had allergy testing done.  They discovered that he is allergic to mold, which in Indiana, in prevalent about 8 months of the year.  He also has asthma, which is induced by his allergy to mold.  It was nice to learn what has caused all his croupy coughs in the past and learn ways to help with symptoms in the future.

School can be exhausting for Lilly.  She often falls asleep around suppertime.

Great Wolf Lodge

Thanks to Grandma Kusch, we had a little winter, weekend get-away to Great Wolf Lodge.  The kids love the water park and we had never been to the one in Ohio.  We went with the Harts.  We all had a great time together.  The power went out because of a wind storm, but we made the most of it by taking a little day trip to a near by town.

Day trip to Milan, birth place of Thomas Edison

Chinese New Year 2016

We had a great time celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the monkey.  We decorated the house with all the crafts we made for previous New Years.  I made sweet and sour chicken, egg rolls, rice, we had Asian pears, and we had our dragon desserts (one of our favorites).  After dinner the kids got to open their red envelopes.  They got chocolate coins wrapped in gold wrappers.  The kids were very excited!

The year of the monkey

dragon desserts - rice crispy treats wrapped in fruit by the foot

Liam made a dragon face

Liam's envelope - our wish for him is happiness

Lilly's envelope - our wish for her is love

Liam made this decoration at school