Let's Go Fly A Kite!

Amid all the hustle and bustle of birthdays around here, we have also been doing the everyday stuff that life is made of... learning and growing, and enjoying the spring weather!

Ty got out some clay letters the other day and brought me his name! "T-Y is Ty Mom!" There is no greater wonder than learning to spell your own name.

My kids have a strong affinity for the written word. They carry books around more than toys. I just finished reading Black Beauty aloud to them. Ella can read from the scriptures now and enjoys contributing to family study time.

A few weeks ago we stopped at the DI to look for a desk to re-finish, and spotted this $1 bargain! Ty is so proud of it and can't wait to be big and go to school like his sisters.

On warm days we usually play outside in the afternoon. Poor Ty Ty needs a boy bike.

On 3.14 I sent Mike a text saying "Happy Pi Day" and he responded, "As in 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775 ?" He doesn't often make requests in the kitchen, so when he asked for key lime pie, I acquiesced and went and bought the ingredients. We were not sorry!

That night we had movie night and watched "Mary Poppins". Our kids had never seen it and I figured it was high time. I loved it as much as they did! I remembered every word, laugh, expression, song of the entire movie.... quintessential childhood memories, right there!

Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height, let's go fly a kite and send it soaring! Maddie got one for her birthday and tried it a few times. It's harder than it looks, and of course the one time it got some good air, I was helping Ty go potty and missed seeing it fly.

 

We've been enjoying afternoons on our back desk. One day Ella and I fell asleep reading in the sunshine.

St. Patrick's Day was pretty fun around here too. The kids art creations made good green decorations.

A silly leprechaun ate a gold candy I left out, took a drink of our milk and turned it green, made a trail of gold confetti to the bathroom, and turned our toilet water green too. Maddie put her green on first thing in the morning, and was quick to pinch the others kids who didn't have green on their pajamas (you can imagine how they liked that).

The girls colored pictures or rainbows for the leprechaun and requested rainbow toast for dinner.
 

We added green eggs and ham for a festive feast. (Ty just discovered that book and thought it was really fun.)

Jakey had something green coming out his nose!

After dinner the kids treated us to an Irish Jig performance. I can't make this stuff up! It was pretty entertaining.