March Is Here

March is here already - Wow! That means birthdays, beach trip, and Easter are just around the corner.

On Friday, Derek's school had RAD (Read All Day). The kids got to bring pillows and blankets and their own books. Derek took comic books and Harry Potter. Derek also brought home his class picture above.

Adam's school celebrated Dr Seuss's birthday. The kids got to wear pajamas and listened to readings of Dr Seuss books. Adam was more excited to bring his "Pirates Caribee" (Pirates of the Carribean) action figures for show and tell. Derek didn't have scouts. Helen mowed the lawn and the boys played outside and then over at Ryan Morgan's.

On Saturday, I started prepping one of the windows on the front of the house for painting. Then we went to Derek's basketball game and end of the season party. Everyone on the team got an award. Derek got the "defensive stopper" award. After basketball, I finished prepping the window and power washed the porch. Helen finished mowing the lawn while the boys played. Then Helen went on a run and the boys rode their bikes. I helped Derek with his piano lesson and Helen made dinner. Adam played with his knights and pirates. After dinner, we read stories and put the boys to bed and then we did our weekly sweep, vacuum, mop.

This morning I was anxious to get the porch stained so that we could go grocery shopping. I had some left over stain from the last time and thought there would be enough - there was not. I got to within about 4 square feet of finishing before I ran out. I went to the Duron store to get some more and, of course, they changed their formula. The new formula wasn't even close to old formula so I had to restain the whole thing!

Helen and the boys went to grocery store and then to Ryan Morgan's birthday party. I was disappointed that I didn't get much family time. I finally finished just as they got home from the birthday party.

Everyone got kites at the party and everyone on the block that went to the party was outside trying to fly their kite. There were gusts of wind, but nothing sustainable so nobody got their kite up. The kids didn't seem to mind - they had a blast. Adam is trying to fly his kite in the picture above.

Helen graded some papers while Derek cleaned George's cage. Then the boys helped Helen make "black and white" cookies for Derek to take to school to go along with his project about Mercury - since Mercury has a sunny side and a dark side.