Saying we're ready for Spring is an understatement around here... We're tired of being stuck indoors. We've played enough games, watched enough movies, done enough puzzles...you get the picture. We made St. Patrick's Day cookies for all the teachers at school. Maverick was pretty quick to discover he likes m&ms...
We did a little Kindergarten registration to break up the monotony. It wasn't as traumatic as I'd expected. Mostly just a lot of paperwork. We'll come back mid-May for her assessment and maybe then it'll be a bit more real...I signed up for the PTO and we looked at a lot of artwork on the walls. She didn't want to even come in at first but I'd bet she's pretty excited about starting elementary school if you asked her about it now.
Whoooo me? Yeah, you.
March also kicks off the birthday craze in Phoebe's class. Magnus threw a birthday party at Monkey Joe's last Saturday. The kids had a blast but I guarantee you most of the parents are just standing around, mentally calculating the last time things were cleaned and the likelihood that their child would walk out of there without picking up a bug or two. Who knew that whoopee cushions would be SUCH a hit!?
Breaking for a bit of sugar before returning to the craziness.
Even Maverick stopped for a bit of cake. He ate only the frosting while his sister ate ONLY her cake.
Unfortunately, we miscalculated our good luck and ended up with this guy getting a fever Monday night. He was up more than he slept but in a fantastic mood. I on the other hand, got two hours of sleep and stayed home with both kids hoping it would be short-lived. He acted fine all morning but got a fever around 1:00 in the afternoon. Phoebe was bored out of her mind by the time Ryan got home. Unfortunately, she's not as in to cleaning as her little brother. Give him a Clorox wipe and he's good to go!
Ryan stayed home with him on Wednesday and ended up getting an appointment with the pediatrician since the fever wasn't disappearing. He came home with Prednisone, Albuterol treatments and a diagnosis of bronchiolitis. Luckily, if the rest of us got it, it would most likely just be a cold. Blech. At least we had some activity in our backyard to keep Maverick entertained...
Ryan and I split the day on Thursday and were back to "normal" by Friday. While we were out, school pictures arrived. This one about did me in!
Our ragamuffin.
Is it obvious they don't touch up the kids' hair?
Last November, Maverick refused to take a picture with Phoebe so we've made a drastic improvement!
Saturday, Phoebe went with me to help a dear friend pick out her wedding gown. We'll save those pictures for July but Phoebe found plenty to keep her entertained at the bridal store!
And she did SUCH a good job that she got to pick out a donut when we stopped at Fresh Market on our way home. Saturday was sunny and right on the edge of 50 degrees...we drove home with the sunroof open and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with our neighbors, playing outside.
So you can imagine our disappointment when we woke up Sunday morning to a bunch of white stuff on the ground. Thankfully, most of it melted by the time we got home later in the afternoon.
Unfortunately, the weatherman was accurate for once this season and we got about 9 inches of snow overnight. Westfield is pretty flat and we had a lot of drifting so that our driveway had about a foot of snow to shovel through before we could leave in the morning. The van didn't take to the deep snow so Ryan trucked the entire family downtown in his big truck where I didn't feel quite as vulnerable. There's not much I hate worse than driving in snow. It's gorgeous to look at but driving in it near makes me a mad woman.
Thankfully, Easter is coming and that means family, warmer temperatures and a risen Lord - all wonderful reasons to celebrate next weekend.
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