March Inn: What You Missed

I didn't intentionally give up blogging about our life for lent. It just sort of happened and there is no reason to go into all of the details of why. Mainly, I've been trying not to waste time on the computer. Inevitable when I sit down to post about what is going on in our life, I spend an inordinate amount of time sitting at my desk clicking here, clicking there, and accomplishing nothing.

So without further ado, I'll bring you up to speed on the ins and outs of our ordinary life.

Mary Frances and Stephen both ran in the Mercedes Kids Marathon. As I said last year, I think this is a really cool concept and am thankful that both of my children were willing to participate. It saddened me that Mary Frances was one of two 2nd grade girls at Crestline who registered. Shocking and made me realize that I should have followed through on getting a group together on Saturday mornings in the fall to run the mile loop. Maybe next year!

Sweet Stephen even had an out...He received three stitches on the back of his ankle the Thursday evening before the race. He could barely walk on Friday, and he was hobbling around downtown Birmingham as Mary Frances completed her mile, yet he chose to run the race. And run he did! I ran with him and can attest the fact that he showed determination and perseverance. At one point he wanted to walk so we did for about three steps. He decided his leg hurt whether walking or running so he may as well run.

For not having many pictures of the last several weeks, I can attest that we have worked and played hard. The child can still fall asleep almost anywhere.

It has been wet and cold or just cold or even worse just wet. We've eaten a fair amount of soup. The hostess for my girl's supper club last month served chicken and wild rice soup. My friend who signed up to bring bread brought bread bowls from Panera. I thought it was such a fun idea that I copied her a couple of days later.

Because of the weather my children have found many creative ways to entertain themselves inside.

Warm, dry days have been few and far between, but when the weather permitted we have spent as much time as possible outside. The big kids took some of their "spending money" from Great Mama to buy ice cream on Sunday while the babies napped. What a fun treat!

We've faced what I hope will be some character building discipline issues.

This mama's done some volunteer work as a speech pathologist that has my mind spinning. We'll see where it takes us. Additionally while wearing that hat, I went to a two day conference to get all of my CEUs for the year. Hip hip hooray.