Sharilyn made us yummy pancakes with lemon sauce on them on morning. In order to do that, she needed lemons though, so we went out to the back yard and picked some! 
We also learned that lemon trees have thorns, so Sharilyn let them pick the one they wanted to pick, and then she clipped them off with the pruning shears. It was a fun thing to do, even with jammies and bed-head! 
She also has an orange tree. She said they didnt taste too good, but they looked pretty!
Sharilyn knew of a place at the bay with walkways and lots of birds. Shelby really likes birds, and we thought it would be a nice place to get rid of some energy! We had a really nice time, and saw lots of neat things. When we first got there, we saw these 2 flocks of birds floating in the water. We had to laugh because they had segregated themselves. Even when they flew off, they stayed separate. Brown vs. white! 
Shelby took about a gazillion pictures of the birds. I had to get one of her doing it! Here she is taking a picture of the pelicans. I took a couple of them too. They were so pretty, and so big!
We watched this humming bird for a long time. He let us get really close to him. I took this picture without using the zoom! He even sang for us.
We found some nice soft green moss and so Sharilyn tied it around Shelby's pony tail. It was cute. We asked the kids what they wanted to do before we left CA and Shelby said she wanted to see the Redwoods again, so we went on Friday. It was our most packed in day, but we got to see lots, and make lots of new memories.
Colesy LOVED climbing in Sharilyns olive tree in the front yard. After all, her first sentence was "I'm a monkey!"
I hate the cold and I hate snow, but I think icicles are on of the most beautiful things. These are pictures of the icicles hanging off our front porch. In fact, they are right over the stairs. We laughed that we were about to be in jail! There was one that went clear down to the stair rail, and then from there down to the step. 
Yesterday was the first day in a really long winter that it got above freezing. in fact, we had 40.5*! It felt so warm! Sad, I know..... Anyhow. the icicles melted a LOT! We are no longer prisoners on the porch!
There is only so many snow days you can have and have them be fun. This last one we had, the girls dragged the blocks out. One of their favorite things to do it build something like the orange on by the stool and then run around and jump over it and build it higher and see how high it can get before they cant jump over it anymore. Colesy must have FINALLY tired of that, because when I looked again, she was building the tallest tower. 
Shelby helped, but she made frequent stops at the heater to warm herself!
Mom sent the girls little Valentines Day shirts. She wrapped them in comics. That was the best part of the present! They have read and reread and rereread them. I'm not sure where the shirts are. I'm sure when the comics wear out, they will find them and be thrilled with them.
