March Madness

March always seems to go by in a blur but so did the end of February!  Phoebe's class had been working hard on Career Day.  Her group got assigned to learn about carpenters.  The day before the event, her teacher sent out a big invite to come see the crew in action - in the middle of the work day!

YiaYia, Papou and Auntie Kate to the rescue!  Phoebe is one lucky kiddo!

I fear there are many of these in our future!

 That weekend we headed to Anderson so that Grandpa could be presented with a Quilt of Honor.  Aunt Bonnie read the commission.

It was a beautiful quilt!

We also took advantage of the time together and celebrated his 90th birthday again!

Then we burned off the cake outside for a bit!

Maverick loves to throw leaves!

Phoebe loves to do cartwheels!

The following weekend I took the kiddos to run a few errands while Ryan did some birthday shopping.  First on the list was a visit to Uncle Bill's - just for fun!  Hulk was a hit with Phoebe.

Goddard was more Mama's style.

Both were $2200 so we said good-bye and left puppyless once again!

We drove by a new park we'd never been to before and HAD to stop and check it out!

As Maverick is getting bigger, things are becoming less terrifying for him (but not for me!).  

Phoebe still loves to climb.

Uncle Steve and Bevin came down Sunday to celebrate March birthdays together.

I have the best family!

And I'm lucky to spend another year on this planet with them!

Maverick helped me blow out the candles!

It was the year of ridiculous cards, as you can tell by my various expressions!

The girls went shopping after dessert and Uncle Steve indulged Phoebe in some serious Twister.

The next week, we registered our baby for Kindergarten.  Hard to believe!  He was pretty excited!

With the weather warming up, we get to see more of our neighbors outside which is always fun!  Friday, after school, the kids were playing together so we decided to just move the party to dinner at a nearby restaurant.  It was pure chaos but the kids loved every minute!

Saturday we promised the kids a little time at a park since we had a forecast full of rain for the following week.

Maverick insists on wearing crocs whenever possible but they are not conducive for running around on playgrounds full of mulch!

Trying our hand at a little football.

We're at the top of a hill we climbed but you can't tell.  I'm just thrilled we made it up and down not covered in mud!

We went to church Saturday night in an attempt to ease into the new time change.  After a lazy Sunday morning at home, we headed to Hamilton County Sports Complex for a birthday party.

A few of the friends failed to show up so Maverick got to participate, too.  He LOVED it!

Even this guy got in on the fun!

The foam block pit was by far the favorite.

We left the party early to head to the Coliseum to watch the Indy Fuel play some hockey.  

Maverick didn't want to take a family selfie.

And after the second quarter, he was ready to move on.  

Wasting time in the gift shop while Phoebe and Daddy watched the rest of the game.

Ryan caught a parachute with hand sanitizer attached from one of the hospital sponsors at the game and Maverick thought it was pretty awesome!

Despite ALL the activity on Sunday, our kids still struggled getting to bed "on time."  It's definitely a gradual adjustment but man, that first night is rough on everyone!  But at least it means Spring is around the corner!  Yay for that!