March is just about over. We've been up to a lot this month. And whenever we were up to these things I think, "oh, this would be cute for the blog. I should write about this. Let me get some photographic evidence.." and so forth and so on. Well, we were up to so much that I really didn't get around to writing about anything, and then it feels silly to say, several weeks ago this funny thing happened. So, instead I give you March: a Review.
Zach has taken up barefoot running as part of his running regimen. He only runs a very short distance barefoot, but that's apparently how you are supposed to do it. One day he asked the boys if they wanted to go with him and they literally jumped up and down at the chance. Then they went and dressed themselves for the barefoot run. This picture was the result. Now, they go with Zach almost every time he goes barefoot running, but I think they go on bikes and scooters instead of running.
I made the boys aprons out of a denim skirt that doesn't fit me properly. Ben's got finished first and he and Sam wanted to try it out by painting a picture. And then themselves. As you can see, the apron is completely successful at keeping all the paint off of the areas that it is covering. Success.
It was my birthday this month. This is the cake that Zach and the boys made for me. Ben and Sam were psyched out of their minds to make this. Unbelievably excited. While decorating it, Zach accidentally mistook the gel dyes we have for the decorating frosting and wrote "Happy B" before he realized his mistake. If you have never used gel dye it is really strong, you only need a drop or two. So, after eating this cake our mouths were dyed blue. The boys thought it was hilarious.
Ben wants to push some buttons with me. Here is his contribution.
tytgjhjkhikkkk,;k;';'/k.;k.k';k;.k;. g;lggkgjjjnjgjjkhgggggguuuuuubbbbbsssssscccccxxxxxxxxxxsstttttttttttttttfffffffeeedddddddddrtto;'juiuiiuiiiiiijjijijiiuukjuojiuijoioiojihhhhhhredrtytyhhuyuyhjjjjyhyjhjh k.k,.klkh, bvggferwqcdrddrddddfdfferewv1 d f f gjggggggggggyrguitturh
We broke out the bbq for the first time and have been making burgers and chicken and potatoes and other things that we think would be yummy on it (for instance, an onion wrapped in foil and left on the warm coals for a couple hours gets really sweet. Awesomeness) The boys love to help Zach barbeque. They think it's the bees knees. But they are forever getting into trouble for sticking sticks in there and such.
They inherited Zach's fascination with building fires and my fascination with burning stuff.
Trouble Brewing.
We have a door jam on the wall shaped like a hexagon. Ben asked me one day what the shape was called and it has been his hands down favorite shape since. They get together and make hexagons and eventually figured out that stop signs were actually octagons, though it took some convincing. Anyway, I was really impressed with this shape they made, but it could just be because I'm their Mom. But I think their awesome.
We made a batch of cookies and the boys helped me. Before I added eggs to the batter I told them they could lick the mixer, a beautiful and consecrated act of childhood. It took some convincing, but they finally figured out that I was telling them to like a blend of butter and sugar to their heart's content and they went wild on it. Two kids licking on mixer at the same time is a glorious site.
A few minutes later they took out all the pots and pans and had a little percussion party. Very noisy.
The boys are finally getting into drawing. They only had a mild passing interest in it before, but in just the last few weeks, they've taken off. They tell these awesome stories as they draw and create little worlds. I got a new box of sidewalk chalk and they've almost gone through the whole thing. This is a little stick figure girl (see? On the left, with the legs and the arms and squarish head?) and Ben says that the line is her brain coming out. I think they were telling a story about aliens at the time, because Buzz Lightyear showed up a few minutes later.
Ben and Sam are completely enthralled with camping. Love it. So we went on a little camping trip last week to give them a taste of it. And to see what stuff we need before any other camping trips. It was pretty cold. More on this later.
Oh, and Spring is here. And it's wondrous.
And that's March. Nicely done.
