the splendid life of us...: March in pictures

Although the kids spent the first two weeks being sick, I really felt like we got to enjoy the nice weather we have had and we are excited as the days get longer and warmer. And only one week left of tax season and we will get to see daddy more.

The treats I put together to take to a few friends for my birthday.

We have had a ton of beautiful weather this month. Daddy had just mowed the back yard for the first time this year and we were having fun playing and kicking balls while daddy did yard work.

Daddy let Mac play with this old drill that used to be his grandfathers to keep him occupied while Daddy worked on fixing the lawn mower.

This is how Mac decorated his pancakes for breakfast one morning. So cute!

Our friend works at the local fire station and the kids had been begging to go and see the trucks so we called him up and headed over. Mac is sitting in the antique fire truck, which is my favorite there.

Mac had a plan to make up a game, but first he had to figure out how to keep the robbers from stealing his idea. This is what we will dress up in to scare the robbers away. L to R: Mac will be Frankenstein, Mommy will be a Vampire Bat, below me is Oak who will be a "live pizza" as Mac called (not sure why), and Daddy will be a mummy. Love his drawings.

Grandma had stayed a few nights with us and she was heading home here.

The kids helping me make snickerdoodles to give to a few friends for my birthday.

We had some pets for one and a half days. Spur of the moment grandma and grandpa bought the kids some gold fish. We have absolutely no idea how to take care of them and Mac's fish, Blackie (because he was black), died after having less than 24 hours and Oak's fish, Cutie (because he was orange like a cutie), died the next morning. Mac was devastated and cried for a few days about it, and Oak just said, "We will just get a new one!" (We now have some pet frogs, much easier).

After being cooped up in the house for nearly two weeks with these two being sick we needed to get outside. We went on a little walk and the kids wanted to pose with the stop sign for some reason, silly kids.

Mac had his yearly appointment with the allergist for his tree nut allergy and afterwards we went on a little date to McDonald's for lunch (his choice) and then to the movie theater to watch Rise of the Guardians. I love getting the chance to take my kids out by themselves, because you get to see a different side of them.

There was a lot of this going on while we were stuck inside sick.

We had gone and visited my parents for the day and as we left their house to come home the skies were black and I thought we would be driving home in a nasty storm. But we ended up being ahead of the storm once we got out and the skies looked like this most of the way. It was beautiful to witness as my kids were sound asleep behind me.

Mac just after his hair cut at the barber shop. My kids love this little barbershop for the cute dogs that they have and the suckers.

Oak is obsessed with this hat and it is just so cute on her.

A little bath time fun!

We call this "Taekwondo play date". It really isn't a play date but all the little sisters that are there to wait for their older siblings practice their taekwondo. They are all so cute together. Oak always looks forward to seeing her friends there.

Before church. Silly kids!

Mac drew this of our family at church. LOVE!

Oak helping me make breakfast. Malt-o-meal is the preferred breakfast in our house.

I had to clean out this cupboard because the shelf broke and spilled and broke a few dishes. I had cleaned it but hadn't put everything back and the kids had fun playing in it for awhile.

Mac has been doing really well at sounding out words and trying to spell them (phonically).

The first two lines says, "Wonder Woman" and the last lines says, "Spider Man".

I finally let Mac climb these rocks he is always wanting to when we go to throw rocks. He did really well. I am always so afraid he is going to fall and cut himself on those jagged rocks.