Hello from cloudy Vancouver

It is nice to see everyone introducing themselves, so I thought I would jump in to do the same. My name is Lesley and I am mother to three: two daughters, Molly and Finley (5 and 3) and one little boy, Lucas, who is 15 months. We live in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. We also have a cottage just over the border in Washington where we spend most weekends once the weather gets nice (our swap partners can ship there, keeping it in the US). I am a writer and I am lucky enough to work from home. My husband is a firefighter. You can see more about us at www.lucasbutler.com

I hope everyone is staying cheerful in the middle of winter (although it is harder to feel for the people in the sunny places...I can barely see the computer screen through this thick curtain of rain here). We're excited!