And so it goes....

As you can see from Everleigh's painting in the

background, it's March and she painted a

big shamrock.  Here she's showing Ethan

how the train table at her house works while Andrew

watches.

Later that same morning, Briggs was teaching

Ethan to pull all the books off the bookshelf

before beginning story time....so helpful...

Fine dining...daycare style

After lunch the kids decided to put on a "drum" concert.

All four of them really got into it.  I'm sure the neighbors

were pleased.

Later in the week, back at Andrew & Ethan's Everleigh

and Andrew welcome Briggs to their "rocket", which is

a tent on its side which they drive with a toy

laptop and a tool bench.  Seriously, toy

companies should follow these kids around

for ideas.

Here, Everleigh & Andrew are doing play dough.  Note

Andrew's shirt has a Superman cape attached...cool.

Of course, play can't really start until all the toys

are out of the toybox and on the floor.  Love the

look on Briggs' face as he gives Ethan some pointers

on clearing the toy box.  After the box was empty

Andrew and Everleigh set it up as a bed with blankets

and pillows.  The toybox has a lid which they thought

was hilarious to close on themselves.  Only

one of the many reasons it's hard for me to

get a "potty break" for myself.

Ev had just given Ethan a small triscuit and I caught

him red-handed.  Don't let that innocent look fool you.

I ended the week at my sister, Annie's.  She has 5

little ones in daycare so I try to provide an

extra pair of hands when I can.  Here my sister, Sue,

is reading to 4 of Annie's and Everleigh. Ev had a

sleepover at my house that night so spent the day with me there.

Annie's little ones are Max (2), Claire (3.5), Mara (6 mos) and Brody(3)

Maverick (9 mos) was napping when this photo was taken.

Just a couple of other thoughts this week:

Maybe the Catholic Church likes all the Pope media coverage

but frankly, it got a little too secular for my taste with talk

of "favorites", "odds", and the personalities involved.

In my mind, it's a divine "call" that has nothing to do

with any of those things.  Now that he's been

selected I hope they just let him answer his call without

all the politics.

I am soooo over winter.  All this hoar-frost (when the

trees are covered with  glistening frost in the morning) and

snow-globe snow falling was nice in December

but I'm ready for spring.

I am officially  addicted to "Downton Abby".

I'm usually pretty slow to jump onto bandwagons

and this has been around a couple of years,

but after borrowing the Season 1 DVD from a friend,

I'm patiently waiting for my Season 2 copy

to come from tpt as my membership premium.

I love the storylines, the characters and

mostly all the attention to detail in the lifestyles

of that era.

Thanks for listening!