March 2012

March was full of so much fun stuff!!! We celebrated Jasper's birthday, Mimi came to visit and we had the combined birthday party for both kids.  I will be doing a separate post about Mimi's visit and the birthday party.  Here is the rest!

Harper started the month out being sick.  She got strep throat, which we had managed to avoid thus far.  Thankfully we caught it really early and by the next morning she was no longer contagious and was back to her normal self.  Overall, for us, it was a relatively "easy" illness!  

We got the kids a picnic table. Here they are testing it out in the front yard while eating a snack.

And of course they had to play with the box!

Later that afternoon the kids pitched in and helped me wash both cars.  What car wash would be complete without getting the kids totally soaked?  

Jasper's birthday was a fun day for him.  It was a weekday, so we brought cupcakes to him at school.  We woke him up with the birthday song just like we always do with the kids.  Here is his with his birthday breakfast and his crown. 

Mommy got a picture with the birthday boy.

All of his friends loved the cupcakes.

I had my heart on taking him somewhere for dinner where they would sing to him so we went to TGI Friday's.  I was crushed when they simply set his birthday dessert down in front of him and walked away!!!  Oh well, it was a fun meal anyway, and we all got to enjoy a yummy dessert.  

I absolutely love this picture of him!!!  I had found this little tiger costume on clearance after Halloween and had hung on to it.  Little did I know he would get this excited about it!!!  

Posing with his new football and tiger mask.

 We got him a bubble machine, so here they are loving all the bubbles in the living room.  

Following the birthday, we had a lot of fun for the rest of the month.  Here are the kids doing what they love -- playing with Daddy! 

Daddy installed flower boxes on to the play set for Harper.  The flowers didn't survive too long this year, but they were fun while they lasted!!!  

I made several practice cakes in preparation for the birthday party.  The kids enjoyed tasting the fruits of my labor.   

Keller held an Easter egg hunt on the weekend before Easter.  Jon had to work overtime, so I went by myself with the kids.  They had different areas for each age group, and even though Harper was only days away from her 4th birthday, it was so much easier to enjoy her being 3 so they could both be in 2 & 3 year old area. :)  It was pure chaos once the kids were let loose, and I was so glad to have friends there to help me keep tabs on Harper.  She took off into the crowd, and I was too busy trying to prevent Jasper from being trampled to notice where exactly she was.  Thankfully she stayed close to her friend Addison and her mom Ashley and Ashley brought her back to me once they had gotten a few eggs.  whew!  It was a pretty scary minute or so until I could find her again!

They each got a few little prizes, and had fun playing with their new friends afterwards too.