Scenes from March

March brought a few warmer days and we took every opportunity to get outside and enjoy!  One particular Saturday we had a good laugh at all the static in Turner's hair...

Turner and Anderson took advantage of warmer weather and made a fishing trip down to the creek behind our house.

Turner's wonderful teacher, Mrs. Harris, sent us this text a few weeks ago.  Turner had been telling me about a "extra project" that Mrs. Harris had assigned for her.  Turner picked her subject, learned how to use Google images to download a picture, and found four facts about her topic to teach to her class.  Turner picked King Cobra as her topic and worked so hard to complete her poster.  She taught the class about her findings and was so proud.

I cannot tell you how happy it made my heart that her teacher provided this learning opportunity for her, and also how happy I was that her teacher was kind enough to share these pictures.  We are blessed to have Mrs. Harris!

Pajama day at school - studying the letter "P".  Nothing like Christmas reindeer pajamas in March!

I had the privilege of making several sweet treats for Turner's school's Teacher Appreciation Week, but on the same evening I needed to make some treats for my school the following day.  I had planned to make two pans of chess squares, two loaves of banana bread, and a Butterfinger trifle.  Midway through the this process we ate diner and then as Mark bathed Turner I continued to bake.  I was admittedly in a hurry…and the following result is a pretty good indicator of what happens when I bake in a hurry.  Needless to say our leftover meatballs and gravy had an unusually sweet (think yellow cake mix) taste.

Turner's friend Aubrey was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in early March, so we spent a couple of evenings at the hospital playing and visiting.  They are sweet friends for sure.  Turner was dead set that Aubrey needed these lovely pink fake flowers that we found at The Dollar Tree.  I thought that was silly…but Turner knows best - Aubrey LOVED them.

A few days ago, Turner came inside and said she was going to get muddy.  I told her that was ok but not to get "too muddy" since we had to meet Mark at CWE Flapjack Fest in about an hour.  I found Turner, Anderson, and Owen in our freshly plowed garden which had been nearly washed out over the weekend by a torrential downpour…basically the biggest mud puddle these kids have ever seen.  They said it was Turner's idea, but that Mr. BJ from next door had helped them roll up their pants which automatically granted them permission in their opinion.  I heard Anderson exclaim, "This is the LIFE!" I can't tell you how much fun they had!