March

The month began with Welsh cakes and daffodils for St. David's Day.  My mom's dad was from Wales.  I had the kids watch a couple of videos about Wales while enjoying their Welsh cakes.  I was going to have my mom tell them first-hand about Wales but she was out when I called so the kids instead told her what they had learned.  I remember visiting Hay-on-Wye with my family when I was young.  It's a Welsh town famous for its number of bookstores.  

Kohen's last day being 7

Kohen's 8th birthday was next on the agenda.  He was able to celebrate at SkyZone with a few of his friends.  He had a great time.  

Kohen likes Andy Griffith and candy

We've been experiencing typical March weather which means the kids were outside in their shorts and t-shirts playing at the park when it felt like 18 degrees C and more often wrapped up with neck warmers and snow pants when it felt like -18 degrees C or under the umbrellas for the freezing rain.  

I have fond memories of my dad letting me return to school after lunch wearing shorts on one fine March day.  I loved going home for lunch.  My dad made toasted tuna sandwiches to our exact specifications (I liked mayo spread on the toast, one brother liked no mayo and the other liked it mixed in with the tuna).  And by mayo, I mean Miracle Whip.  I enjoyed that toasted tuna sandwich while watching the end of The Andy Griffith Show (if I ran or biked home quickly) as well as Leave it to Beaver.  

It was great to see more family this month.  My brother's family visited during March Break and Graham's brother flew out to Ontario last week.  The kids loved playing with their cousins and also with Ginger, another cousin's hamster which we looked after for a week.  It's nice to watch the kids enjoy the hamster.  She's very cute.  

We visited the Treetop Village just outside of Hamilton during the break.  I wish we had known how muddy it would have been as the kids would have worn their snowpants and been able to slide down the filthy slides but thankfully they had boots on (a last minutes decision - PTL).  They all had a really good time and had lots of exercise and fresh air.

March also means we get to celebrate Grandma Faulkner's birthday.  We enjoyed our visit and some yummy Indian food.

Lily-Anna and I finished our skating lessons this month.  I don't think either of us were sad to end them.  My feet always hurt.  Hopefully Lily-Anna will enjoy it more as she gets older.

After ten years, Graham will end his time at the U of W library doing web development and will become a Software Developer at Geotab in Kitchener.  When he was hired at the library, it was God's perfect provision in so many ways, especially as it related to Josiah who was born a few months after he started there.  While he is thankful for his time there and will miss his coworkers, he is very excited about this new opportunity.       

There were five beautiful blooms!

The mask mandate has lifted as have most other restrictions.  I had wished they would have waited until two weeks after March Break.  I currently know quite a few people with Covid and the last two weeks my kids have been off different days due to symptoms on the assessment list.  I'm thankful my kids aren't the only ones still wearing masks.  It's not just about trying to keep them free of Covid, it's that every time they get a symptom on the list, at least one of them has to stay home and they have missed so much school.  One day at a time.  I enjoyed playing Carcassonne with Kohen today and 'hospital' with Lily-Anna (she "broke" her wrist and needed it x-rayed).  I just this moment realized that she's pretending to be her aunt, though Lily-Anna pretended she fell off her bicycle.  

It's time for some sleep.  Morning shall come when I will finish making their lunches, hoping they each wake up symptom-free and are not tempted to tell me otherwise.

Blessings,

Elizabeth

Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.

I'll miss picking her up at lunch next year