March 2021

 Google's Then and Now- Ivy has grown so much!

For preschool this month, we did a week on Dr. Seuss stories:

Ivy has a little neighbor friend who decided to push her in the car one day this month:

My parents came to visit, too! We went with them to tube at Soldier Hollow- and both my parents went up and sled down a bunch of times! It was really fun.

While my parents were here, the kids and my Dad shot off a rocket:

And the kids loved playing with the glow sticks they gave them!

Cora and Zane did private swim lessons this month!

The kids had a "dress like a book character day" at school- Cora was the Princess in Black:

Hyrum was Harry Potter:

Zane was Black Panther:

They also had a crazy hair day, so I colored both kids' hair with chalk:

One of the weeks for preschool we did R for restaurant, so Ivy learned about food groups, decorated a cupcake for her cupcake restaurant, and made pizza for her pizza restaurant:

Ryan showed the kids the Looney Tunes one night because he was sad they had no idea who they were:

S for Space week in preschool! Ivy learned about planets orbiting the sun, made rocket shapes out of tangrams, smashed moon rocks, and sang star songs with a star wand (plus tons of other things):

St. Patrick's Day! The kids found the pot of gold:

They sure are sneaky little leprauchans:

Traditional St. Patrick's day dinner- pesto pasta, soda bread, broccoli, and rainbow jello:

This girl's hair is so curly!

I volunteered at one of the Utah County vaccine distribution sites this month!

Our neighborhood had a little egg hunt walkabout! It started raining that morning, so Cora and Zane had to pick up the eggs for Hyrum and Ivy since they were at Hyrum's swim meet, but they all enjoyed the candy and toys:

One weekend this month me, Cora, and Zane went down to St. George area for my cousin's wedding. It was fun to see so much extended family, as well as my parents and Mindi!

They had an old jail at the site that the kids explored a bit:

Porch swing at my aunt's house in LaVerkin, where we stayed:

While me and the middles were at the wedding, Ryan stayed home with Hyrum and Ivy (Hyrum had a swim meet). So they weren't sad they missed out, Ryan took Hyrum and Ivy to a local trampoline place. They had a blast!

He also let Ivy do his hair, and had Sunday cuddle time, just the three of them:

For scripture study one day this month, we talked about the armor of God with different costume parts to represent each piece of the armor. The kids loved putting on the armor of God!

Another week this month for preschool we did T for Transportation. Ivy did an experiment with a boat to see how many objects it would take to sink it:

She also made letters out of cars and made a stoplight snack:

Hyrum planted a seed at school and got to bring the plant home. It has grown so much since then! It actually ended up growing some beans, but then we put it outside thinking that would be good, but the Utah sun killed it.

She falls asleep in weird places sometimes:

The last week of the month we did an Easter theme for preschool, including egg rolling painting, magnetic things inside of eggs, and a letter egg hunt:

Hyrum got new glasses this month!

Ryan and I went on an awesome date at a local crepe place when my parents were in town:

Hyrum's swim meet! It was just a little recreational team, but it was a good way for him to get going in the pool again. He did great!

We tried to take some pictures at the Provo City Center Temple this month, and as usual, it was difficult to get a good one:

Zane wore Ryan's sunglasses, and Ryan though Zane looked like a little secret service agent:

We had some old friends from Nebraska over for dinner one night this month, and we also did the Utah Taste Off cheesecake kit with them. It was delicious and fun!