February Summary

February was a busy month, and once again I fell way behind on my blogging. It started with Mikaela’s debut as a Junior Dazzler. She attended a clinic put on by the Blue Valley Northwest Dance Team, the Dazzlers. After the clinic, she got to perform at halftime of a girls basketball game. She met some nice kids, and the high school girls who ran the clinic were great with her. Next up was the Cottonwood Point Elementary School Daddy-Daughter dance. We missed the dance last year, because Mikaela was sick, so Mikaela was really looking forward to this year. We had a good time – Mikaela even danced with me a bit before abandoning me to dance with her friends.

Mikaela and Jonathan helped Miriam make hamantaschen for Purim. Jonathan wore his dinosaur costume to the CDC Purim celebration on Friday, and was excited to wear it again to Beth Torah’s Purim service on Sunday morning.

But for some reason, once we got to Beth Torah, he didn’t want to wear it any more. Mikaela reveled in getting to dress like a princess in public, and readily joined in with the parade of princesses during the Purimshpiel. Jonathan looks forward to going to Beth Torah on Sunday mornings most weekends now. He has his own routine – get his bagel with cream cheese, go to services, hang out a bit, then go on in to babysitting to play with his friend Emma and watch a video.