It's been so nice to have my mom with us. She's used to keeping herself busy and having lots of things to do. But the past couple of weeks have been the opposite of that. I think she's loving spending time with the family but is also looking forward to going back home next week. She has lots of creative ideas that will allow her to continue being involved in the community, specifically working with women.
We're already making plans to have her come and visit us in Houston when we move there over the summer (She has good friends there whom she would like to visit as well).
We celebrated her birthday with a delicious dinner, cooked by James, and chocolate cake. Here she is blowing out the candles. Unfortunately, I took only a few pictures this weekend because our camera died on us.
We'll be heading out to Amherst again next weekend.









This was taken before we left. My mom and Sasha doing some floor exercises:



Vacuuming the floor:



A view from the kitchen that made me smile, just 'cause they're beautiful:



Sasha loves her Mima:



Thank you to all our parents who want to make sure we're bundled up and warm during this very cold winter! This time we received a box of knitted clothes from Grandma Patti! Thank you SO MUCH! We were so touched. We can see that so much time and love were put into this. We received beautiful hats, sweaters and scarves:






Here she is trying to close one eye and open the other:



And here she is trying to close the opposite eye: