2024 :: week 12

 

March 17

Sunday evening the boys enjoyed eating some mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert with Pepaw. You have to have green ice cream for dessert on St. Patrick's Day. 

March 18

Monday evening Will made these cinnamon sugar pull-aparts for dessert. He is taking a foods class this semester and seems to be enjoying himself. It has certainly increased his confidence in the kitchen and putting items in and out of the oven.  

March 19

Anthony and Will are participating in two fantasy baseball leagues this season, both of which are run by Darren H. and are populated with family members and friends from BYU. This is Will's third year doing the Yahoo! League, where teams are redrafted each year. It is Will's first year in the keeper league where managers can keep players on their roster over multiple seasons without redrafting them. Will inherited Randon's team because he stopped playing, so he's got his work cut out for him this season. I wasn't pleased when I found out that this draft started at 9pm on a school night. I'm not sure how late they were up, because I was in bed before they were done. 

March 20

Wednesday night we finalized our brackets. Will is so excited, he made a poster sized bracket for our wall. He also filled out several brackets--chalk, Ken Pom picks from 10 years ago, best logo, etc. Lauren's team name is "Lavendar Haze," and has a lot riding on Marquette. Elliott's picks, "ElliottRule$" picked Houston to win it all. "Miles' Picks," were heavily influenced by going to two BYU Big 12 tournament games last week, because he picked BYU to run the board. Like Will and Elliott, I picked Houston to win too. Tony went with UCONN and will probably beat us all because he has decades of knowledge cataloged in his brain from caring about NCAA basketball the entire season (as opposed to March only like me) under his belt. May the best guesses win!

March 21

Will taking his obligatory "dunk" on the way in to his piano lessons.

March 22

When I woke up on Friday I was tired. I didn't really feel like doing much of anything. It was overcast, a little cold, and sitting on the couch watching shows with Miles sounded awfully appealing. Sometimes that is the right answer, but I knew that I would be annoyed with myself if that is how we spent our day. I texted Jill to see what they were up to and if they wanted to meet us at Science City. She was up for it, and we got there a few minutes after it opened at 10am. We had a really great time. It wasn't terribly crowded, so we were able to have fun and give the kids some autonomy and not stay glued to our sides. The skeeball game, indoor playground and slide, train kitchen and farm area were our favorites. Henry's day was made when we heard several trains go by while we played outside.

March 23

It is the lull between sports seasons, and we are enjoying some increased unscheduled time on Saturdays. In the morning Will went over the Bensons to hang out. That night they went to a stake youth activity together. In the afternoon Townes came over to play basketball with Elliott while Mikey came over to play with Miles. Anthony and I ran errands and worked on various to-dos around the house.

2024 :: week 10

March 3

Sunday our ward held another linger longer. This time the theme was "cereal." The ward provided milk and orange juice. Everyone else brought a box or two of cereal to share and enjoy. A few people brought muffins and yogurt. It was surprisingly fun. I ate some Kellogg's Corn Pops for the first time in at least a decade. 

March 4

Elliott and I made a quick trip to Target to pick up a few things for Miles' birthday. We had a really great time shopping together. Elliott is such a happy go lucky kid (most of the time). I had fun pushing him on the card while he stood on the cart in front of me. 

March 5

Miles is five! To celebrate turning 5 on the 5th we had a special shopping trip at 5 Below and had burgers for dinner from Five Guys. Miles has been looking forward to this day for weeks, and I *think* it lived up to the hype. Miles is an important part of our family—he keeps things real and makes you earn his respect. He loves to climb pretty much anything, and swing as high as he can on the swings at the park. He plays endless amounts of basketball and baseball in our front room. He enjoys coloring and making lists of all the words that he can spell. He has a near encyclopedic knowledge of mascots—though Slugger and KC Wolf are dearest to his heart. His favorite part of the day is the hour after the elementary school gets out where he gets to play at the park with neighbors and future classmates.

March 6

Will sent Anthony and me this picture and the following texts: "Made these in foods today. We kind of messed up. They're orange mini muffins. They were mid." 

March 7

This photo is my latest submission for the "random places Elliott reads" gallery. Here he is, using his feet to keep his Big Nate book open when he brushes his teeth. 

March 8

Friday was the first day of Spring Break. Unfortunately I didn't think about then when I scheduled Miles' five year check up six months ago. Friday morning Miles and I headed to the doctor for his appointment. Miles had to get four shots and he was very brave. I held him on my lap while two nurses administered the shots simultaneously. Afterward he got an otter pop, three lollipops and three stickers. It was an overcast day, and Miles was feeling a little drained from the shots, so we spent the rest of the day at home. 

 

March 9

Saturday started out with a chilly soccer game for Lauren and the Pink Thunder. The Thunder were dominant and won 9-0. In the afternoon Miles got to go on his first birthday shopping trip with Memaw and Pepaw (they start birthday trips when kids turn 5). He got some fun Spidy and his Amazing Friends action figures, baseball cards, an Eevee Funko Pop, a book, some candy and gum. In the evening Tony flew to Nashville for a work trip. He ran into two family friends flying fun places for Spring Break.