you're so fine

spring!! you're so fine. you blow my mind!!! hey, spring!

can you believe this weather and all the gorgeous days we have had. technically, the calendar says that it is still winter but the thermometer is reading in the 80s.  i kind of have the feeling that wisconsin likes to skip spring and fall and go right to the hots and colds of the next season.

h has been doing his fair share of digging and i am sure that i will see lots of these wiggly creatures coming my way all summer long. he has also found a frog already and we can hear the peepers in the fields. h is big on the where?? so, i need to explain that i hear them. i do not see them. he definitely likes visuals. he also likes to make plans. 'that's my plan!'

after our trip, we headed to gramma and grampa's for the weekend. i will definitely be playing catch-up for longer than anticipated. the kids got all the costumes out and we found squirt bottles for all....because when one has something, they all need one. they hid them really well for a moment and then bursted out with joy that uncle was coming closer but still way out of range and started squirting away.

the cousins enjoyed having all the attention.

of course, there was some work involved in the visit. grampa wanted help pulling line fence out on the new farm. we did get "some" work done but we also took the time to fly kites in the warm sun and wind.

i am thinking that this might just be in the lamb of march. ummmm.

cheesy sunday

i finally let the kids make their own pizzas. there was a lot of cheese eating and a lot of cheese everywhere. sunday is almost always pizza day (and, pancakes for lunch day) and the kids like plain cheese so these little english muffin pizzas were perfect for them. and having 3 cute little bums crowding one little chair is just too sweet. we finished the meal with strawberries and grapefruit slices and apple pie....very much out of season but, i had some frozen slices from the apples in the orchard still in the freezer. so yummy when it is still warm and served with a scoop of ice cream to cool it down. i am thinking of making another out of season pie for PI day.

anyone have plans for these holidays? there is always a reason to clebrate and a reason for cake or pie or ...

March Calendar

Music in our Schools Month

National Craft Month

National Women's History Month

3/1 Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary & National Pancake Day

3/2 Dr. Seuss Day

3/4 March Forth (Do Something Day)

3/6 Read an E-Book Week begins

3/7 National Procrastination Week begins (or maybe next week. . .)

3/8 Mardi Gras and International Women's Day

3/13 Daylight Savings Begins

3/14 Pi Day

3/17 St. Patrick's Day

3/18 Forgive Mom and Dad Day

3/21 American Chocolate Week begins

3/26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

3/29 National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day