March 15
Lauren won her first awards in school! She won one for PE and another for Terrific Kid!!
March 17--Paul and I were going to be out of town at the same time in completely different directions and for different reasons! Grandpa and Grandma Wade came to keep Lauren for us! They made a lovely bunny cake!
Harper LOVED Grandpa Wade!
Carrie did some face painting!
March 23--Chatham had his first soccer game! It was SUPER cold but we all had fun!
Chatham is #6. He looked so cool!
Scoring a goal!
March 27--Chatham turned 4! We celebrated at Backstreets!
March 31--Happy Easter! The Easter Bunny did something neat this year! Instead of filling a basket for Lauren this year, he filled plastic eggs with notes, leaving clues for Lauren to find her own goodies throughout the house.
Bubbles in the laundry room...
A Barbie pen, a princess kite, some candy, cupcake note cards, nail files, and a few activity books! It took us almost 45 minutes to read and locate the goodies, but it was a LOT of fun! Lauren was so thrilled that she wrote the Easter Bunny a thank you note! (*By the way, only daddies know the Easter Bunny's address, so thank you, Devin, for helping get that note mailed!!)
After church, Lauren was a bit moody. She didn't want to take pictures...so sad...
Oh, this picture got mixed up! The EB brought her a magnetic map of the US, JUST like Gram got for Chatham! Super fun!!
Back to pictures. I got L to smile a little...
...only because I asked her if she wanted to stick out her tongue!
And take another with new pink tiny bunny!
We headed to the Donley's for Easter dinner (ham, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, rolls, mashed taters--NOT hot dogs like Carrie first suggested!) and to dye eggs. The kids were stripped of their shirts and away they went!
Harps and I colored while the other dyed eggs.
Carrie made an Ireland egg for Paul--Green, White, Orange!
Harper had a LOT of fun, too! She really wanted to put her hands in the dye, and it was a two-mommy job to keep her from it!
Harper was FUNNY! Devin was talking about something and Harper covered up her ears! We were in hysterics!
And then these two clowns come downstairs, saying they are thirsty from dancing...with babies in their bellies! Carrie, Devin, and I were DYING laughing behind our hands, pillows and shirts. I was able to gather control to snap a pic!
Paul is now in England, will be in Paris on Tuesday, and will head to Ireland to start student teaching on Thursday. He is having a blast and hitting the typical tourist traps! He's eaten fish and chips (he said they were to die for!) and then gone on to drink Coke and eat British pizza tonight. I told him I want pictures and comparisons!
The end of our month of March was rainy before church, sunny and warm mid-afternoon, then filled with sprinkles, rain, hail, harder downpours, then thunder and lightening. March is going out like a lion...I hope April is good!
