Chinese New Year...and more!

This week there was something to celebrate almost everyday...

Sunday:
We celebrated Chinese New Year at home with my sister and her family.
We had a pre-Super Bowl meal of Chinese take-out.
Followed by a yummy dessert of chocolate covered fortune cookies!

Monday:
On the official first day of the 15 day long Chinese New Year holiday...
Audra wore a qi pao to school and brought little treat bags to give to her friends.


I forgot to get a picture of my pretty little lady before she went to school,
so I was excited when her teacher sent me a text with this picture:

Because it was the first day of the "Year of the Monkey"
the word of the day at school was "monkey".

Tuesday:

100th Day of School

This one didn't require too much prep from mommy (thank goodness!),
our only pre-celebration task was to collect 100 "things" for Audra to share/show to her classmates.
So we 100 cheerios on string as a necklace.

Thursday:

 Valentine's Day party at school

This school celebration required much more prep than the 100th day of school.
There were Valentines to write out and candy treat bags to fill.
(Audra and Maura each have nearly 30 classmates!)

But most importantly...
there were adorable outfits to coordinate!

 This week was also:
Feeding Tube Awareness Week

Last year I wrote a big post about the impact feeding tubes have had on our family.

This year I'll simply say...

I am grateful for the healthy place that feeding tubes have brought both of my daughters too!

Maura circa 2008

Audra circa last night!

Packing on the pounds while she sleeps :)