4.01.2013

March 2013


We started off March with one more celebration: Dr. Seuss's Birthday.   We enjoyed reading books, watching movies, and of course eating some green eggs and ham.
 
Green Eggs and Ham

Shloppity Shlop
(with cherries on top)
 
 
We attended another birthday party this time with a pony! 
 

 
 
March brought warmer weather and we took advantage of being able to get outside more.
 

We took trips to the park
(Annabelle completed the monkey bars for the first time)
 

We ate outside
 
Even had popsicles
 

Built monsters out of tumbleweeds


Played basketball

 Did some work with our "dump truck"
 
And we were able to walk home from school
 
We had a few colder days too and the kids kept themselves plenty busy inside.

 
Pretend Picnic

Practicing archery on the Wii
 
And doing this
 
 
We of course celebrated St. Patrick's Day by wearing green, eating more green eggs, and enjoying shamrock shakes (a surprise treat from daddy).
 
Showing off our green, and Hudson's Lucky Charm Treat

 
Green eggs and milk

Different green shirt for Hudson and some fancy glasses
 
Shamrock Shake!
 
 
Near the end of March was Annabelle's spring break, so we headed up to Spokane to visit family and friends.  We started off at Oma and Opa's.
 

Puddle Play

Watch out!
 
Got him!
 
Driving with Opa
 
Teaching her the "farmer wave"

Sandbox
 
Enjoying her computer time (gloves and all)
 
Hot dog roast
 
 
We then headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's for a short visit.  Later we visited Grandma at work (the fire station).
 

Holding the baby chicks
 

Visiting Grandma and the fire trucks
 
 
Then it was off to the Tuinstra's for a cousin sleepover.

The girls and their unicorn shirts
 
Boys hanging out at the swings
 
Digging
  
Making pizza
 
Bath time
 
 
We couldn't leave without a quick trip to Gonzaga and a picture with the bulldog.
 
 
 
Then it was home to warmer weather and Easter weekend.   We started off the weekend by going to a local Easter egg hunt.  We then sent the kids on their own hunt at home, before we colored eggs, made dinner together, and headed out for a walk....enjoying our time as a family.
Some pre-egg hunt entertainment

Hudson Hunting
 

Full basket

Annabelle's turn

Annabelle posing with her eggs

Face painting
 
 
Hunting at home
(mommy sent them all over the house)

Dyeing eggs

Enjoying their new toys

Hudson "helping" with dinner
 
Visiting the construction vehicles on our walk

Huge tires
 
Steamroller
 
 
One more exciting thing happened in March, the picture says it all.