March 2015

March was another great month!  

We had our last couple of basketball practices and games!

I love this picture of Dawson making a basket during practice.

For the last practice Grandad came to watch, and he even played a little!

Being the 3rd child, it's rare for Nora Kate to do anything alone, much less take a bath.  One evening we bathed the kids separately, and I think Nora Kate liked being the star of the bathtub!

Last game of the season!

Our Sunday School had an 80's themed party.

So fun!

These two LOVE sidewalk chalk!

Carter always eats his raspberries like this (great manners, huh?).  This day he said he was an octopus and these were his tentacles! (I was impressed!)

There was a ventriloquist at the Upwards Awards ceremony, and Dawson thought it was HILARIOUS! 

Basketball trophy!

Friends and trophies!

The end to a great basketball season!

Nora Kate has been on a big bagel and cream cheese kick for breakfast.  She always get is all over her face, and the boys say she has a beard.  They all three just laugh and laugh about this...every morning!

Carter has been requesting to do play doh EVERY DAY here lately!

Over Lolly and Dawson's Spring Breaks in March we went to the Zoo!

A lot of fun!

Baboons!

Gibbons!

Carter is always the most peaceful looking sleeper.  I probably have 20 pictures of him sleeping over his lifetime, if not more!

Then we went back to the zoo with friends on St. Patricks Day.

And SURPRISE they were walking a pot bellied pig around.  They said she had gained weight and needed the exercise! Hah!

Harper and Nora Kate at the zoo!

The gang at the Zoo!

That night we grilled hotdogs and had dinner in the park. While John was grilling, we had fun on the playground!

Then John and the boys saw several frogs.

and...ewwwww!  Caught one!  John's such a good Daddy, because I would never do this!  The boys are STILL talking about the frog!

We have grilled many dinners and eaten on our back patio a lot lately.  I love how sweet the kids table is!

(this could also serve as a before picture for the rough looking siding on the back of our house...good news-that siding is now gone and we are in the process of putting stone there!)

I've made a tradition with Carter and Nora Kate this Spring.  On Tuesdays we have wonderfully casual playdates with Carter's friend Charlie at either our house or his.  Then on Wednesdays (weather permitting) we go to the park, picnic lunch, play on the playground, walk to Dawson school to pick him up, and walk back to the park before driving home.  They LOVE it.  Carter always requests a green apple or a pear in his picnic lunch!

it's beginning to look like spring...sidewalk chalk and skinned knees!

Dawson had Bike Parade Day at his school.  

Another of our Wednesday park outings.

We went to see comedian Brian Regan at the Tennessee Theater with our friends the Gibsons!  He was HILARIOUS and so was his opening act!  It was wonderful to get together with the Gibsons.  We had a delicious dinner at Five before and ice cream after (don't tell the kids)!!  

After the show, I saw one of my sorority sisters Ashlee seated a few rows in front of us! How fun!

After the show

We made several visits to Co-op this month to visit the baby chicks and baby turkeys!  The kids LOVED them!

March flew by.  It started with snow still on the ground and ended with us outside playing in shorts and t shirts!  So happy we are into warmer weather now!  I love being able to play with the kids outside!

Well that's all for our fun March!

Check back soon for a post on our sweet Carter's birthday and his party!!!