Molly turned 3 in January. While 3 may not seem like a big number, we can't really remember what life was like before her. So, to celebrate, she had 2 parties! One with us and one with some friends from our village. Needless to say, she made out with the birthday loot: 3 baby dolls, a roaring lion, musical toys for the tub, dress-up toys and a fantastic book, "Going on a bear hunt". She even got her favorite, a chocolate cake.
Towards the end of the month, Sam's mom came to visit. We had a great trip and got out to see quite a bit of North Yorkshire. There was a short hike out to Malham cove, a giant limestone wall which hosted a huge waterfall during the melting of the last glacial period.
We had a fantastic visit to Bolton Abbey, a 12th century Augustinian abbey.
Sam and I also managed a weekend trip to Dublin while we had our favorite baby-sitter in town... Dublin was pretty good. 15C compared to 4C in Yorkshire. Literature, revolutions and Guinness. Lots of it.
At this time of year, there weren't many tourists around and we got in a good bit of walking around the city. This is Kelly at Dublin Castle, once the British center of power, now the Irish center of power.
Even made it to the oldest and smallest pubs in Dublin and managed to catch a few "sessions" of traditional music at O'Donoghues, the home of the Dubliners (the Irish folk band).
Kelly at the Oldest Pub, the Brazen Head.
Sam in the smallest Pub.
That pretty much got us through our second winter in England. We returned from Dublin to find February nearly over and buds on the trees. Spring was pretty much here and we were ready for some warmer weather in North Yorkshire.
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