March

My phone seems to be overflowing with pictures from March, which is rather interesting as I feel like I didn't take enough pictures. So, instead of picking out the big events to post photos of, I decided to pick out the pictures of some little moments from day to day life. Perhaps one day the kids will enjoy looking back to see how normal days went when they were kids. 

We had delicious Rosemary-Tomato Scones go mysteriously missing from the counter.

And plenty of bruise, scrapes and even a fat lip from tumbles of learning to walk.

We built castles then worked on our demolition skills just so we could build a whole new creation.

Rainy days were filled with rides in a bucket to get by (and burn off all that extra energy).

There were outings downtown for errands and to discover new places.

And trips to the park to visit the animals and to play with old friends and even meet new friends.

We spent some time coloring shamrocks and eating green grapes.

And we have hopefully left the days of getting bundled up behind us.

We enjoyed bicycle rides to classes at the library.

And marveled at all the colors of flowers that are finally growing. The smell of all the flowers in the air is wonderful! We've enjoyed many wonderful Discovery Walks where Milayla will point out the flowers she sees and Atticus will tell us what color the flowers are; he is even starting to identify a few of them. With Easter quickly approaching the kids also love checking out all the colorful Easter Eggs hanging in the trees.

We made cookies for friends and then licked the bowl clean.

And "Mommy School" was in full force. Atticus learned about the letters D, E, and G along with learning about Dinosaurs, Eggs and the color Green. We've been working on counting items to five and he knows nearly all of his lower case letters (and sounds!). Milayla has been busy working on shape sorting, stacking, organizing, music and walking with her activity walker. So impressed with them both!

We made a 'Countdown to Conference Chain' to review talks from the last General Conference as we prepared for General Conference Weekend.

We celebrated birthdays, had our Primary Easter Party, dinner guests and brunch guests. We have thoroughly enjoyed that Spring is on the horizon and are looking forward to enjoying Conference this weekend as we begin the Holy Week. 

We watched the first session of Conference this morning and it was wonderful. Our favorite quote:

"Family time is sacred time and should be protected"

---President Boyd K. Packer

We couldn't agree more.