Gung-Hey-Fat-Choy!

Some things to do while the pot stickers are cooking-- http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/chinese-new-years/chinese-new-years-crafts.html .

Happy Birthday!

Some things to read on President's Day.

We did a little research and found out about George Washington's use of codes, ciphers, and spies during the American Revolution. The boys made cipher wheels during a recent history museum class and have been using them to create secret messages. They have even come up with their own codes to try to stump each other. http://www.monticello.org/reports/interests/wheel_cipher.html has some history behind Jefferson's cipher wheel and some good photos of one.

And http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/cipherwheel.html has some links for making your own.

We might even have a National Treasure movie matinee marathon!

Happy valentines

Love

Happy Groundhog Day!

Soaking up all the goodness that is winter.