- We start counting birds today for the Great Backyard Bird Count
- A simplified version of Kimberlee's St. Augustine's Hearts for St. Valentine's Day. Listen to Donna Cori-Gibson's song "Restless" (by St. Augustine) and dance around the house.
- Watch The Song of Bernadette to finish our celebration of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Finish current read-aloud Owls in the Family and order owl pellets to complete our little Owl "rabbit trail" that we've been on for the past couple weeks....complete with an evening Owl Walk with a local-owl-expert!
- Finish narrations of said-owl-walk.
- Sunday Prep
- Go for a Walk outside if it's nice
- Go through freezer, organize and revise inventory.
- Evening of Recollection, if I'm not completely dead by 7:00
Saturday we are celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial with a few fun things to top off our Abraham Lincoln month-long-extravaganza! It's technically TODAY, but we are saving this for Saturday, since Daddy is a big Lincoln fan!
- Build pretzel-log-cabins
- Make black hats
- Penny Toss
- Little Debbie Swiss Rolls for dessert
- Centerpieces for dinner will be our beautiful log cabins, lots of pennies and our infamous paperdolls. They are going to be so excited to be front-and-center, instead of relegated to the floor or a shelf. Pete's Lincoln picture that hangs downstairs in the Cowboy Room may have to be brought upstairs for the day, replacing the precious Pete at the Summit of Denali photo.
- Madeleine and Erika are each "performing" their personal favorite picture book about him.
We have about 3 more Lincoln books to read, but I think I'm losin' my audience. There are about 25 picture books about Ol' Abe in this house right now, but the natives are getting restless. I think Pete and I will be reading those on our own on Saturday evening. What a great way to spend St. Valentine's Day!
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Hope you have a great weekend! Happy Bicentennial and St. Valentine's Day, everyone!
