We had a lot of fun in March! It started warming up just a little, so the kids got to be outside a lot more and we had some fun holidays and my mom came for a visit!
We had a lot of fun with St. Patrick's Day! We did some school stuff in the morning, learning about the history of St. Patrick's Day and reading books about the holiday. For our activity, we did some Irish Step Dancing together, which the girls loved, and then watched Riverdance. Parker especially loved Riverdance and Michael Flatley.
For dinner, we made green mashed potatoes, asparagus, and grilled chicken. We also made some box cupcakes and dyed the frosting green. The kids loved it all and we had fun with it.
We loved having my mom come visit! She brought fun craft stuff, bubbles, and treats like fruit strips for the kids and they loved it. It was nice to visit and see her, and Ben and I got to get away on a little date. We tried a local fruit bar and it was so yummy!
One of the activities my mom did with the girls was decorating eggs and the girls had so much fun! Rylee called her egg her baby and was singing to it while she held it (and dropped it occasionally). The girls loved eating the eggs with salt, but did not like devilled eggs.
Ashtyn's favorite thing to do during church right now is a puzzle. She has a hard time putting it away when the meeting is over.
Ashtyn has also loved drawing Pokemon lately. If she's not outside (which is almost all day), it's likely she is drawing.
For Dr. Seuss Day, we made green eggs and ham. It's one of Ashtyn's favorite traditions!
We did some fish to go with the book Red Fish, Blue Fish. The girls loved having both candy fish and cracker fish with lunch!
For dinner, we did Cat in the Hat stacks with strawberries and pancakes. Since I don't eat flour while I'm pregnant, I made myself some almond flour waffles, which were delicious.
We did some different Dr. Seuss crafts and coloring activities, including making these cute hats.
And we also made these strawberry/banana stacks, another Cat in the Hat themed snack. We loved reading a bunch of Dr. Seuss books and doing fun activities together all week!
With the weather warming up, the girls have spent so much time outside on the back porch playing. This play house and the different pots we have (for potions) really keep them occupied. They often go to the dirt hill to dig as well.
We've also spent a lot more time at Danny and Lindi's with the warmer weather. We all love spending time out in their yard. Danny made this little teepee for the girls and when it was colder, he would put a heater in it for them.
This was a time that Parker went into the front yard. She laid on this sled for almost an hour, just chilling.
One of the "fun" holidays on my calendar in March was Mario Day. The girls had fun coloring these pictures and playing Mario games.
The left was a picture Ashtyn drew, the right was Parker's.
Rylee is wearing a dress that Jessica gave Parker when Rylee was born. They are growing up!
I couldn't help but snap this picture of cute Rylee snoozing.
The kids are getting more independent and often help themselves to things like granola ... leaving the kitchen like this lol
If Ashtyn can't go outside, one of her favorite things to do is make forts. It's a rare day that we don't have a fort set up somewhere in our house.
This is just a cute picture of Parker "reading" to Rylee. I love seeing these moments of bonding and friendship between my girls.
Ashtyn has really loved reading lately. She read a book that I had finished, Real Friends by Shannon Hale, and loved it. Now she's still trying to read through the Magic Treehouse Series, but she also is reading the second in that series, Best Friends, a book called Ivy and Bean, and the second Boxcar Children (she read the first). She also really wants to read through the Book of Mormon by herself and is slowly reading it.
One of Parker's favorite things to do right now is to draw and write letters. Her favorite thing to draw is people, and especially princesses.
Rylee has become my little helper in the kitchen. I can't go in the kitchen to do anything without her grabbing a chair or stool and saying, "I want to watch you, Mom, I want to watch you!" She loves being in the kitchen with me, especially if it's something I can let her "help" me with.
Parker loves dressing up. This outfit cracked me up--she made it from some of Hannah's old swimsuit bottoms. The "shirt" is the lining inside the shorts.
Rylee loves her kitties that she sleeps with.
I couldn't even handle Rylee's cuteness here. She had flour on her nose and one of her pigtails was sideways after her nap and she's just such a cutie.
This was one of the activities we did. We drew random shapes on a page with a black marker and then colored in the different shapes.
I love so much that my kids love reading. They love the library and when we get home, this is how the kids are for hours afterwards.
One of Parker's favorite things to draw is mermaids and they always crack me up.
One fun thing we did with family was Pi Day (3.14)! I made two diet approved recipes, using coconut flour for the crust and sweetening the pies with maple syrup. I made a chocolate cream pie and a banana cream pie. We met at Lindi's and everyone brought some pie. It was really fun and really yummy!
After making my pies (with Parker and Rylee "helping"), I left the room for a bit. I came back to this. Parker was trying to make her own pie, with coconut flour and peanut butter. She is little miss independent.
Another fun but simple activity we did was put these lines of tape on the floor for the kids to balance on. They loved it!
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