March Madness........

Here is what has been happening in our lives this crazy spring. March certainly came in like a lion but now has settled down and is being like a little lamb. Nice and gentle, nice and warm. Flowers are blooming, things are turning green, and my kids have cabin fever! At least this month ends with Easter!

Its been so nice lately that we have ventured to the park quite often. Just as March came in like a lion, Christian hit the park like a lion. He happened to have a basketball and dropped it and when bending over to get it bonked his face/eye on the corner of a tunnel that he didn't see. Immediate bruise around the eye.

He did say, "I hurt my eye just like grandpa did, but I didn't get stitches." I guess they could be twins but I think gpa got it a lot worse pal! But nothing a little chocolate milk can't fix!

He also wanted an ice pack at bed time because he said it was still hurting. This is the only one that would work.

 Parks usually have trees. And Christian has found that if he can find a tree he can climb he will.

St. Patty's Day Julia said she said she wanted to wear the most green out of anyone in her whole class. When she got dressed for the morning she said to me, "Mom, do you think anyone else will be wearing green today?" I told her yes, everybody will be and not to worry. Silly kid. In this picture everybody keeps telling me she looks like a mini me, I think I might have to agree with them :)

Well, I've been trying to find a place to put a bird feeder in my yard but don't really have trees. So I thought I could put a decorative metal pole in my flower bed but needed to find a feeder and a pole. So Christian and I ventured out. We made a few stops and one of them was to IFA. And as soon as you walk in the door you could hear them. So that was our first stop.

Baby chicks. Christian could help but try and pet everyone that poked its little head out. They were so cute. All the chicks, ducks and bunnies were fun to see. But no bird feeders. We ended up at Walmart of all places. So I put up the feeder and waited and waited and waited. It took forever for those birds to come. But eventually they did.

The red house finch is the bird that comes to visit most often. They have a very pretty song. I do get the collard doves and on a rare occasion a western jay. The kids love to watch them to. One morning Layne was up going to work at like 6:45am and Christian was already up and was sitting on the couch and asked Christian what he was doing? His reply, "I'm just watching the birds."

March is also a great time of year to fly kites. They always have them on sale so of course we always have to get one. It usually lasts for one flight but hey the kids like it. Christian got one and asked Layne if he would help him fly it one day. It was windy enough so Layne took him out and showed him how it was done. It was cute to watch the 3 of them fly the kite. We could even do it in our own yard because we didn't have any power lines or tall trees near by. Give it a few years and that won't be the case!

Aunt Amy had her company spring movie bash and invited me and the kids to come. We got to go and see the movie HOME. Free movie and free popcorn we were in, you didn't have to ask us twice. The kids had a blast. It was a cute movie. Thanks for inviting us Amy.

March Madness wouldn't be March Madness without some college basketball!! We've seen some crazy games and Duke basketball has made it to the Final Four over the weekend so we have a very happy someone in our house!!

 

Update: Duke won the National Championship 2015!

Congrats Layne! It was fun having Duke win and watching and celebrating with you!

Julia and I had a mommy/daughter date and went to see Cinderella. Cinderella is my favorite disney princess. It was a wonderful movie. Julia was mesmorized the whole show. She loved Malificent so I knew she would love this one too. It was really well done and I loved the message. Have Courage and Be Kind! It was fun to just be together and just a girl day. Thanks Julia for spending the day with me!

 

Pi Day.......

 I was at work today and was browsing the news online and came across this news article and found it cool and interesting and thought I would share it, and of course partake in this silly and somewhat nerdy day!

Pi Day was dreamed up 27 years ago to celebrate 3.14 on 3/14, but this year the geek dial is being turned up to 15 — as in 3/14/15. And this'll be the only year until 2115 that you can turn the dial up to the max, at 3/14/15, 9:26:53, an exact match for pi's first 10 digits.

Wacky or wise?

That relativistic twist in pi may sound wacky, but it's particularly apt this year — because 3/14 also marks Albert Einstein's birthday, and 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of his general relativity theory.  (I thought it was a cool tidbit of information!)

We also partook in some Pizza Pi for dinner as well.

Grandma and Grandpa Visit........

Sherry and Phil came down for a visit this weekend and boy the kids loved it! Friday night was the best night ever as Julia put it because they got to go swimming at the pool at gma and gpa's hotel pool. It was especially fun because gpa was in the pool with them. They played and played for a long time. Grandpa would toss them and chase them. Let's just say he did a good job at wearing them out!!

On Saturday, we went to lunch and did a little shopping. We all got to spend some quality time with 2 of the most wonderful people in our lives! We are so happy when they come to visit!! We love you guys!

Picture of the Day..........

Will Spiderman finally meet his doom? This kid and his imagination. He taped a pinwheel over the heating vent :)

Layne's Birthday.....

I enlisted Christian's help in making Layne's birthday pie this year. I needed him to continually stir it but that didn't last long, but he did help! I was a fun day. The kids like to help wrap the gifts and decorate. We had a nice dinner and of course the coconut creme pie.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAYNE.

 We are so glad Layne is a part of our family. He is a great husband and dad. He is very loving and supportive, loyal and kind. He is a hard working and certainly knows how to have fun. He is always making us laugh! We love you tons!