February in pictures

Hard to believe February is wrapping up.  It went by so fast.  A few pictures with how we spent the month.  

A Play-Doh creation made by grandson (formerly known as the wee one, I'm updating his name now that he is 6 years old).  The critter is Huggy-Wuggy, a game he plays.  (Note, I don't always approve/like the games/videos he watches but I'm not his parents and I don't encourage him to do so when I'm around him).  

A cortado and a donut from a local coffee shop (see below picture for more of a description).  By the way, this is the first time hubby had a cortado and the first time I had seen it on a coffee drink menu.  I learned something new that day.  It was delicious!

Coffeeshop where we had the above coffee and donut (I actually had gotten a chai tea).  The coffeeshop is called Cultivate Coffee . We try to go there at least monthly because it is a great concept.  It is actually a 503 c or b charity (not sure which one but one of them).  It employs the marginal; i.e. immigrant, teen aging out of foster care and the like.  Here is how they describe it on their website:  "Each cup of coffee not only goes to support the vulnerable in our city financially, it also helps provide opportunities for the dignity of work and human flourishing. We strive to employ people who otherwise struggle to find work in the US, whether it’s a young adult aging out of the foster care system, a refugee seeking a safer way of life, or someone simply looking for a fresh start."

Remember the big hype a few years back about changing the names of "offensive" brands? At that time we bought the syrup (it has a LONG shelf life).  We also bought the pancake mix with the same name (it had a shorter shelf life and it aged out so to speak and we had to dispose of it).  Anyway, we bought the new name of it pancake mix as we were wanting pancakes but didn't want to go out for them.  I kind of like the old name myself.  The pancakes, regardless of the name, were delicious.  We also had to buy a griddle to make the pancakes, lol, since we had given our other griddle to son several moves ago.  It was a bit of a time since we made "homemade" pancakes.

February here had lots of warm days, though we did have 2 bouts of "cold" weather; i.e. highs of 50s in the day.  This was taken on a high 70 degree day.  There is a lizard on the brick wall (right side by the pillar).  

Grandson turned six this month! I know, hard to imagine.  He had a birthday party at a local pizza parlor (not Chucky Cheese but Peter Piper Pizza).  We bought the cake and several dozen of cupcakes for it.  He wanted a Mario cake.  The cake was a hit (I think mainly because of Mario and Luigi on their racing carts).  It was a fun time!

Winslow loves sleeping in this crate.  I originally had it out as a toy container for him as a new pup but he started laying in it.  He's outgrown it, obviously, but he still will go there first thing if you give him a dog treat or a new toy and he will sleep in it.  I guess it is security to him.

Lunch out at Wendy's with hubby the other day.  There is a Wendy's very close to where I work.  Literally across the street.  Hubby picks me up in front of my work place and we drive over there.  We have lunch, then he drops me back off.  We can do the whole process in about 30 minutes, which is my lunch time (sometimes its 32-33 minutes but on the days I have lunch with him, usually 2 times a month, I don't take a morning break just in case I go over with the time).  We both get the #1 combo, single burger with cheese, no onions.  I get a small, he gets a medium.  Fast food is not cheap anymore.  This was over 20 dollars.  

And finally, a corgi bubble.  

And that is a wrap.  

How was your February?