We love March. It marks the beginning of spring and warmer weather. This month had some beautiful weather, and some freezing weather…typical of Indiana! But we had a lot of indoor and outdoor fun this month!
New Trampoline
We bought a trampoline! This was something we’ve had our eye on for a while. We knew the kids would love it…and we were right! We’ve had it less than a month and it has already been a huge hit!
Even Brody is having fun on the trampoline. He can’t really jump yet, but he loves bouncing around when Kinsie and Brax jump around him. The kids already have lots of plans with this trampoline as the weather gets consistently warmer.
Kinsie’s Art Display
Kinsie’s artwork was chosen by her art teacher to represent her school In the Youth Art Month exhibition at the art museum on IU’s campus. Only a few students’ artwork from each school were chosen for this exhibition, so it was an honor. We were so proud of her, but not surprised! She is a wonderful little artist and it is great to see her thrive in an area that she loves so much. On the first day of the exhibition, we took a trip to campus to go see her artwork.
She received a certificate and a gift bag from the museum. She was so happy!
Kinsie’s little brothers were proud of her and loved seeing her art too!
It was a beautiful day outside, so we took the opportunity to spend the morning on campus. We had a picnic lunch and walked around campus. The museum is right next to the Showalter Fountain, and IU’s marching band happened to be practicing there at the time. We enjoyed sitting and listening to them practice by the fountain, and Brody danced around to the music! The fountain was empty, so the kids got in and ran around in it. It was a beautiful and fun morning!
School Dress-up Days
The kids had a few dress-up days this month for Read Across America week. Kinsie got to dress as her favorite book character, so she dressed as a Hufflepuff character (her Halloween costume).
Brax had a few fun dress-up days too…including Wacky Wednesday!
And Crazy Hair Day! His blue hair was a hit!
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patty’s Day is mainly a fun excuse to take cute pics of my kids!
Since the kids were on Spring Break, Ryan’s parents, and his sister Megan and her son Griffin came for the day to visit. They wanted to see Kinsie’s artwork, but also just hang out with us for the day. It was another beautiful day, and we took advantage of it again by walking and exploring campus.
Grandma Bev and Papa Tim were in their happy place with all 4 of their grandbabies!
Cincinnati Zoo
We love the Cincinnati Zoo…mainly because of the hippo, Fiona. Recently, the zoo got another adult hippo in the exhibit – Tucker. Ever since then, the kids have been asking to go again to see Tucker. So when the kids were on Spring Break, we did. My parents came along for the fun too. The weather was great and it wasn’t too crowded like it was last time we went.
The kids loved feeding the giraffes and seeing them up close.
We had lunch with a view of the savanna.
We spent a lot of time with Fiona, Tucker and Bibi at the hippo cove. Like usual, they did not disappoint! They were SO active…swimming back and forth, doing flips, and playing with each other. Kinsie was in her happy place…she could have stayed there all day!
We’ve been visiting Fiona since she was less than a year old, and Kinsie was only 4! Look how much they’ve both grown!
We loved seeing and interacting with all the animals!
The perfect way to end our day…ice cream!
Children’s Museum
Grandma Bev watched the kids overnight, and then she and Megan took them to the Children’s Museum. The new Dinosphere opened back up, so Brax was pumped! The kids had a great time…even Brody got to join!
Fun at Yaya’s
Another day, the kids had a play date at my parents’ house. They played outside ALL day!
Cousin Fun
We had a few random cousin play dates this month. Have I mentioned how nice it is being just an hour away from all the people we love, instead of 10 hours? Cousin Griffin came over to play a few times. They always have a fun time together!
My sister came down to visit one day with her kids, and she brought along a few more of the kids’ cousins for a play date. It was pretty chaotic with 8 kids – but it was a lot of fun!
My kids were back in school, but some of the cousins came along to pick them up from school. They loved it! It was another beautiful day, so the kids spent most of the day outside. We had Mexican food for dinner and had a great day!
Day Adventures with Bro
Now that Covid isn’t completely taking over our lives, we’ve been venturing out a little more. When Ryan has days off, we try to have day dates, and Brody tags along!
We love walking around campus, and Brody LOVES seeing all of the campus buses!
Brody and I love going to the park…especially when we have the place to ourselves!
I’ve even felt a little more comfortable taking Brody with me on errands now…as long as we go places when it isn’t crowded, which usually it isn’t in the morning. He loves looking through the toy aisles and playing with all the trucks…and getting cake pops!
Brody loved going on a breakfast date with us! He ate like a king!
Outside Fun at Home
We’re still going strong on our 1,000 Hours Outside goal. Here are a few pictures of our time outside this month.
Inside Fun at Home
And of course the kids always find fun things to do when we’re inside too. Kinsie created a food truck, and created a menu of fun little snacks. The boys loved it!
The kids are always playing in the workout room, They love climbing on the gymnastics bar!
Braxton is always reading to Brody. It is so sweet!
We are still doing puzzles! Even Kinsie has been helping a little more. We’ve moved up to 500 piece puzzles!
This boy…he is always climbing. Always getting into something. He is 100% toddler. Pray for me.
Puppysitting Lola
We watched my sister’s dog while they were on vacation. She’s an old pup (13 years), so she was very low maintenance. But the kids – especially Brody – loved having her for the week! The weather wasn’t great for the last few weeks of March, so we didn’t get outside or go on as many walks as we wanted to…but Lola enjoyed just being wherever we were. Brody loved following her around and letting her kiss him!
Play Ball!
Softball and baseball season have officially started! Kinsie and Brax both had their first practice during the last week of March. Kinsie is back with her team from last year, and Brax is starting his first season of baseball. He is so excited!
And that was our March! We are excited for April…we have Easter coming up, as well as lots of other fun things planned…like another vacation at the end of the month!
And as always, here is our 1 Second Everyday for the month of March.
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