March has come and gone and I’m so excited to put this recap together! February is one of my least favorite months of the year, and March always feel like the last mile of a marathon- so much light and hope, but also WILL THIS WINTER EVER END?
We always say if we make it to Theo’s birthday (March 19), we have survived winter. One more winter under our belts…WELCOME SPRING!
We started off the month of March just getting settled into our new home. The transition has gone really well, but it has also been rather stressful. As soon as we moved out of our house, we opened our Airbnb so I have been running back and forth cleaning the apartment. Usually, I take the kiddos with me and they “help” me clean.
Tera dropped naps A LONG time ago, and Kiah is starting to do the same. He usually skips and nap and then is so exhausted that he sleeps great during nap time for the next two or three days. Sometimes he starts to play and then falls asleep.
It kind of reminds me of this one time Tera fell asleep on top of her dresser…
On the first day of March, our van died a slow and painful death. Actually, that is not true. It died a very quick and abrupt death in the middle of an intersection. But that’s not a pleasant memory, so let’s move on. It’s currently March 30th and we are still looking for a replacement vehicle.
March was also the month that we took our family vacation to Florida! I wrote two entire blog posts about that trip, which you can read and here (Pt 1- the Wedding and pt 2- the vacation).
Daily life with three kids can be really hectic and chaotic and it’s a blessing, but every once in awhile I have to LOOK for those joy moments because they aren’t coming to me naturally. Kiah really wanted to hold Ezra, and this was the result. Don’t worry, they were both very happy with this arrangement.
Ezra turned four months old on the 19th! It doesn’t seem possible that he is already four months old. No, sir. You need to stop growing up so fast.
So, I try hard to not post negative things about my children. It’s a delicate balance between being “real” and “slandering” my children. I usually refrain from posting temper tantrums, fights, arguments, bad attitudes, etc. I usually ask myself if they would be embarrassed if this picture resurfaced when they are teenagers. HOWEVER, the following picture sums up the sibling relationship perfectly and I sincerely hope that my children double over with laughter when they see this picture as teenagers/young adults…
The kids and I braved the USAF Museum for a Family Day. Honestly, I’m so blessed by these children and the fact that they can handle an entire morning out with just Mom. I always feel a little frantic and scattered trying to keep everyone from running under the ropes, etc, but for the most part we do it with ease. Usually I’m the one with the HANGRY meltdown by the end.
Tera’s imagination is in full force these days!
For the last three months, I have made it a priority to have a tea time/snack time with the kids. I’ll write another blog post on this later, but I wanted to start documenting the simplicity of this routine…
Our MOPs group had a playdate to the fire station! It was a blast, but since all of our kids are preschool age, it was pretty crazy! We had 40 kids, probably all under the age of 5!
Theo had a birthday this month, and somehow I didn’t take any pictures of Theo on his birthday…but of course the kids got in lots of pictures!
A lot of days in March have been spent at our house working on getting it ready to list/sell. So much painting and cleaning!
This month one of my challenges has been to get on the floor and play with my kids without any interruptions. The Enjoyment Project Challenge is to do this for 10 minutes a day.
This kid rolled over for the first time! Doesn’t he look so proud of himself?
Tera got this Melissa and Doug puzzle and we discovered that it’s actually kind of hard to do. But she did it a few times with help and now can do it all by herself! We also have been enjoying Library Story Time SO MUCH!
This kid. He’s just the sweetest and the funniest.
The end of March is FINALLY bringing some warmer spring days. After some very stressful days of working on the other house, we decided to just take a family day off and enjoy the sunshine. It was AMAZING!
That is a wrap on March! What a month. April…we are ready for you!
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Here are my top read posts in March: