Guus Bosman

Nora used her high chair for about two years. I had always wondered about the straps -- Nora never needed them. Well, last week we learned what they are for: Leo mananged to stand up straight in his chair, and started crawling over his table towards the big table.

So from now on he'll be strapped in.

Happy Valentine's Day! Last week Nora made 28 cards for all her classmates. She wrote her name in Bulgarian.

Our street tonight.

The Federal Government is still closed -- not surprising given that there were people skiing on our street today.

We had a great snow day today. I shoveled in the evening so we had a nice path on the deck and in the front to our neighbors.

When the boys were in bed we went outside and cleaned the deck and made more paths in the snow on Lynnbrook. Ginny came over, and we chatted with many of our other neighbors too.

We tried to make a snowman but the snow was to powdery and wouldn't stick. Nora had a good time anyway, climbing on the snow mountains and collecting big chunks of snow. There's so much snow in our backyard that she sled from the higher part to the lower part with me.

Nora's school is closed tomorrow and Tuesday.