2018 :: week 11

March 4

With the younger nursery crew we aren't able to leave the room. I find myself really missing the walks we could take last year. Singing time is a great respite and our chorister, Vickie does such a great job with the kids. Here they are singing "I am Like a Star."

March 5

We hosted an end of the season pizza party for Will's basketball team Monday evening. Unfortunately not everyone was able to come.Liam, Ben, Trevor, Yonas, Enzo and their families were able to gather and we had a really fun evening discussing the season and watching the boys jump on the trampoline, wrestle and play hide-n-seek.. Each of the boys had a great attitude and really improved this season. Will LOVED having Tony as his coach. It was a great bonding experience for them.

March 6

It randomly sprinkle-snowed twice Tuesday. In the morning I looked out the window while paying bills and saw snowflakes falling from the sky, but there was no accumulation. Later, while the kids were walking home from school it started doing it again! On the ground it looked wet, but it was little bits of snow that looked like styrofoam balls falling from the sky, not individual flakes. March weather is hard to predict.

March 7

Will took his Pokemon binder to school so he could talk shop with friends after school.

March 8

The kids got all cozy together on the couch and then called me over to take a picture. They know me well. I hope this good cheer and camaraderie is a sign of good things to come. The kids are out of school until March 19th. I had a very busy morning running errands, trying to take care of business before I have to bring all three with me next week. And so we can just focus on having fun together!

March 9

John Family Spring Break Stacation 2018 begins! As soon as Anthony got home from work we headed downtown to go swimming at the hotel we booked a room at for the night. We swam, ate at Pie Five in Westport, went swimming again and then watched the Princess Diaries before going to bed.

March 10

Saturday morning we continued our staycation by heading into KC. We met the Wilsons and then rode the streetcar to River Market Area. We visited River Market Antiques, walked on the bridge and along the river, then walked to City Market to buy snacks. We had lunch at Il Lazzarone then rode the streetcar back to Union Station. At this point we were running out of steam so we scrapped our plans to go to the Brookside St. Patrick's Day Warm Up Parade and spent an hour at Science City. At this point we were exhausted, rode the shuttle back to our hotel to pick up our bags and head home. We had such a fun day, but had no trouble getting the kids to go to bed an hour early in anticipation of losing an hour for daylight savings time.