February was unseasonably warm which made it great for outdoor fun with friends and family and spring baseball league. Hank was selected to play on the Giants team and Tyler is one of the assistant coaches. Hank had a blast at opening day and seems to enjoy his team. He continues to enjoy his Cub Scout experience, playing violin, baseball and having fun with friends. This month, Hank began a golf class after school. He really enjoys it and his golf coach is great. Hank is having lots of fun!
We celebrated Chinese New Year with a gathering at our friend, Carolyn’s house again this year. She made dumplings and she and Hank made spring rolls together – he really liked wrapping them up. Hank helped make the tea eggs again, his favorite, and we had heaps of noodles for long life. Carolyn always asks Sarah to make those and she is happy to do it. Making food for our immediate family is quite different from making food for a larger gathering. We were all astonished at the quantity of noodles (and the fact that they were nearly all polished off by the end of the evening). It was great hanging out with friends celebrating life and good things to come.
Hank and Tyler had a few dad and son adventures this month. They went to a hockey game together with Hank’s scout den and after the game, they got to hang out and talk with some of the players. Hank thought that was very fun. Hank also had fun when Tyler came to school for Watch D.O.G.S. day. Tyler spent the day at school with Hank and helped in his classroom and school. He even gave a math lesson! Fun times.
The Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet was near the end of the month. Hank loved every minute of it. He advanced in rank, earning his Tiger badge. There was a cake bake-off and auction as part of the banquet and Hank had fun bidding on cakes. We ended up taking two of them home. Hank was so pleased to have “won” – Tyler had a time explaining that we actually bought the cakes and what we won was the opportunity to pay the most money for them. Hank has a better understanding of how silent auctions work now and we had 2 full cakes to enjoy at home. That very night, everyone had a taste of each and we all (GG & Grandad were there too) agreed that the homemade chocolate Darth Vader cake was by far superior to the Jakku Battle purchased angel food cake dressed up with canned vanilla frosting. The next morning, we found bits of frosting on the floor – Caesar evidently thought Darth Vader was the tastiest as well. He tasted both cakes in the night and ate most of the chocolate one. Fortunately, he has a stomach of steel and the chocolate cake did not make him sick. It was pretty funny.
[nggallery id=110]