feb 2013: hearts, snakes and presidents

we took a trip into dc to see the Roads of Arabia exhibit, which was definitely worthwhile.  there were artifacts from prehistoric to modern from recent excavations on the arabian peninsula.  some of the neatest ones to us were from biblical times, bowls and platters from the reigns of darius and cyrus.  wonder if daniel or ezra might have touched one of those!  they also had a valentine's activity for kids with stamps from all kinds of languages, so there was something for everyone =)

at chinese school, each class put on a little presentation for chinese new year (year of the snake).  here's c and her class:

i somehow forgot about these dresses that my parents got the girls in china last year, but we got them out belatedly when nai nai came to visit the next weekend.  hurray for presidents' day =)

lunch with the twin ts and both families on the day off

and of course, valentine's day.  ben teased us for making such a big deal out of it, but it's somewhat inevitable when you have two craft-loving girls =)

making our necklace from The Day It Rained Hearts, gift of grandma and grandpa

preschool party

dinner with daddy - note, the girls dressed themselves up for it ;-)