march. it's a long month.

so, i was trying to remember what all we've done this month and i could barely remember the beginning...

it snowed again. this time joel was able to stay home for a little while and play with the boys. ellen and i decided to stay inside this time. the boys had a ball, though.

ellen turned 10 months old. i was a little late taking her 10 month old picture (hence the 10ish blocks). i will blame it on the fact that february doesn't have a 30th.

davis finished his upwards basketball season. his last game he had lots of friends come to cheer him on and scored 3 goals. he was very proud (and so were his mom and dad). he had such a fun time playing, and really got so much better as the season went on.

we went for a hike in the mountains. one saturday this month was so pretty, we headed to blowing rock to play at the park, eat pizza and go for a hike. we discovered a big patch of snow along the hike and had fun throwing snowballs at each other on the 70 degree day.

february, we hardly knew ye.

february just went by too quickly. i can't believe that it is march. i can't wait for warmer weather!! hooty-hoo! and daylight savings time! and forsythias! and my one or two bulbs that survived out of the 50+ we planted 6 years ago! bring on spring!

by all means, let me get on with this post and let you know about the happenings at the parker house:

d:
-he is taller than he has ever been. (he is growing....)
-he made his first goal in an upwards game this past saturday. i teared up. he was so cool about it, but you could tell he was very proud.
-it has been interesting and so good to see him interact with the players on his team. i have been very proud- he is such a kindhearted boy.
- we are in the midst (i am procrastinating filling out the forms) of registering him for kindergarten. hard to believe!
-a lot of times when i say something to him, his reply is "that's unusual."
-he is not loving homeschooling as much as he used to.
-he is learning that mom and dad do not know all and do not see all.
-he is a collector of stuff. the lid to our old mr. bubble bubble bath bottle, rocks, papers, pipe cleaners, empty puffs containers, shoe boxes, pretend credit cards, old lincoln logs found in the church parking lot.....
-he is always thinking. and like his mom, he feels the need to share every single thought.

l:
-he puts an unnecessary "t" on the end of most words. ellen used to be "ane" like lane without the l. now he says "ane-t". you and i would pronounce it a'int. phonet. bowlingt. lightning mcqueent. and so ont.
-he is really talking a lot and has little catch phrases that he uses a lot and often incorrectly. yesterday i put him in his car seat and he said "whoa, that was a close one!" he also says things using funny voices, especially if he thinks it will keep him from getting in trouble.
-he loves loves basketball.
-he and d like to play boxing on the wii. it has progressed to just plain ol' boxing each other. when he punched me once, we told him he is not allowed to punch girls. now he runs around saying "punch boys" and hits either d or joel.
-he all of the sudden loves having his picture taken.

e:
-today at target i bought her first easter dress. wheee! the madness begins.
-started figuring out how to drink from a sippy.
-really has been exploring. continues to put everything in her mouth. (except her toys.) pulls up on whatever she can.
-has learned that her brothers laugh and her mother scowls when she spits baby food out of her mouth at meal times.
-her current love language is touch, or smacking people in the face (to be more specific).
-has said bye bye, momma, and dada. sort of.
-loves to groove, just like her big brother, d.

so, we are doing well. it feels like we have been too busy. we are in the final stages of deciding where to go for our 10 year anniversary trip. (maybe i should have a big announcement when we decide) i have been trying to get back on track with my new years resolutions, since having shingles derailed me. tv situation? great! homeschooling? not so great. time in the word? so-so, not where it should be. reading? nope. exercising? what's that. eating? did you know that steroids sometimes make you want to eat 8 tacos in one sitting, so you do? saving money? good! shutting up? let's do that one now and call it a success for today.