March happenings, no wait let's talk about Jan and Feb first

March has come and gone and I haven't mentioned anything about such a great month. Let's do a quick sum up.

Oh, but before I go to to March, I just have to mention that in February there were some neat things too. Ansel had a birthday, and he won the Spelling Bee at school, and then he won an award for Reflections, had goals in indoor soccer, and then he won the child's trophy at our family bowling tournament. Whew! The kid had a great month. Ansel loves to ski, enjoys Book Blitz, playing Minecraft and flag football, and loves a hug. He's very cerebral. He's thinking a lot about a lot of things.

I don't mention all of the things all of my kids are doing all of the time, but it doesn't mean I'm not cheering for them every second of each day. My life is not an open book. Nor are my kids' lives. But now I feel like I'm going to mention a thing or two about each of them. 

Ian is such a fun kid. He's thinking a lot and has really good questions. He tends to worry like I used to worry when I was a kid. He likes to hang out with mom, but he is always playing with friends, always. He's been fun to watch at basketball. He's the class jokester but does well on his school work and has really taken to reading good books. Still, he loves to be moving and doing all of the time. He loves four square and Legos. He won a Reflections award too!

Oliver likes school (not so much homework) because he is genuinely interested in everything in the world. His habits of doing homework and getting things done are top notch.  He has great taste in music and is always forming a sweet playlist. He's great at piano and tuba. He's very clever and funny and he loves to hang out with friends. He's a lover of all the cool different foods, which I am totally surprised at seeing as his kid palette was not very exotic. He's a counselor at the Special Needs Activity Program and he is seeing the value of trying new things.

Elsie is totally into letters right now. She tell me when a word ends with a "T" and she loves the "K" sound. She'll write out letters, and man, I love little kid handwriting. Her favorite activity in the morning is  to color and cut with scissors. She loves to play with friends and she wants to play everyday. She enjoys preschool and tumbling and dance and soccer. Moving, doing, she's like Ian. And she thinks she's Ian's age. 

And with that, we'll move onto February. For Presidents Day we went to Capitol Reef. Time with cousins and family is priceless! We spent time hiking, playing games, and staying in the coolest AirBnb.

And while we're discussing trips, let me mention our Disneyland trip with friends in January. It was a bit cooler but less busy, and it's always better to go when things are less busy. We had a great time! I lost my phone but it was found in the Indiana Jones ride and sent back to me within a week. Who the heck cares? I was at one of the happiest spots on earth.

Each of those stops above could be a post of it's own, but I probably won't get to writing about them seeing as it's May and I'm writing about January. Suffice it to say, we had great times spent with people we love.

This post was supposed to be a post about March. Ha! I'll have to get to that later. But I'll whet your whistle with this photo of Elsie with her friends in all their 4-year-old glory. Celebrating her birthday in March was a great start to the month.