7 Quick Takes…Saturday: My half-birthday, a mouse update (if you can call it that), Chinese New Year celebrations at home, at school, and beyond, a craft malfunction, and more

I celebrated my half-birthday this week. When I say I celebrated, I mean that it was, in fact, my half-birthday, not that there was a party of any sort. We rode in an elevator, which is sort of like a party for us.One of my boys gave me two half-hugs,