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The night before President's Day our friend Maryann called up to ask if we could go to the DMNS with them.  Danny was already signed up for a soccer clinic and a date with my mom afterwards, so us girls headed to Denver without our boys.  This was our first time going with these friends and we had a blast.  Yes, we really like this place.  We finally branched out and didn't spend time in Space Odyssey even though we just had to hit up the Discovery Zone.  We also got to peak in on the new Discovery Zone that is set to open in June.  Doesn't look like much yet, but we'll still be back to see it this summer.  I felt like the new expansion was mostly wasted space -- lots of places it would have been better to put a floor in than leaving it open to the ceiling two or three floors above.  But if you've seen our new house, you know we don't have any of that up to the second floor stuff going on.  We maxed out the square footage to obtain a huge pl...

February allowed for some sweetness:  I got to help with Kaelah's class Valentine's Day party while my mother babysat my other 3 children, it was our turn to teach co-op preschool and the children loved seeing Natalie crawl around more than they loved circle time, Dan finished painting the vanities we were given the girls couldn't be more thrilled, Michelle and Danny let me take a picture of them in their Minnie & Mickey outfits because "they are going to get married some day"  (we've tried to talk them out of it & have given up), we got to go dancing with our friends for Valentine's Day -- one of my favorite annual traditions, our baby started crawling up the stairs like a pro, and we thought our neighbor's new Chinese restaurant was delicious (especially the red bean ice cream).   Danny and Michelle took a gym class at the rec center again, reminding us that we are so excited to take classes in a real gym this summer.  The two of them al...