Monday Movies!

Here are two videos of Obie tooling around at Grandma and Grandpa Keehn's house. Our visit there was Obie's first taste of Spring as a walking, talking, adventuring, discovering little boy. He got to chase birds and throw balls and dig in the dirt and sniff flowers. All of the kids had a great time playing outside - all day long Maggie and Bee were playing in the clubhouse or the wooded hills. Every so often I'd hear the front screen door slam shut and know that they were still alive. And when better to be alive than Spring??

Possibly, though, the best part about visiting down south for their Spring was that when we came back up north Spring had started here, too! This is the first March in over a century that it hasn't snowed once the entire month! We have crocuses blooming and daffodils and tulips shooting up out of the ground. There are robins and other Spring birds every where. It is amazing!

I've always loved Autumn so much, but when you live in Minnesota Spring definitely takes the cake!

Palms

Today is Palm Sunday, so Maggie and all of the other Sunday School students brought palm leaves into the sanctuary and up to the altar in celebration. After the service the teachers passed the palms back out to the kids. Maggie snagged an extra one for Beatrice. They've been playing with them all morning. We picked a leaf off of Bee's branch to share with Obie, too.

Dinner with Beatrice

Tonight, dinner was a hit with all three of the kids. I put pork ribs in the crock pot and since we were out of barbeque sauce, I smothered them with teriyaki marinade. They smelled throughout the house all afternoon, Maggie repeatedly came to ask me if it was time to eat ribs yet, and we were all salivating by the time I had the plates on the table.

The ribs came out tender and juicy and delicious. Each of the girls took a special joy in loosening the bones out and slurping on them. They thought it was a riot that there was an extra bowl on the table just for tossing those bones in. They kept saying over and over and over, "these ribs are so good," or "this meat is delicious", or "can we have this every night".

Then, as she was diligently pulling a chunk of meat from a bone, Beatrice turns to me and asks, "Mom, are these ribs from a person or a pig?"

I'm slightly alarmed that she would have continued to eat them either way.

Friday Foto

We've been way behind on Friday Fotos lately. I could blame it on the two weeks we spent visiting friends and family at the beginning of March, but what about the weeks before that? Or the weeks since then?? You see, I just don't have an excuse. We'll have to go on and just get back on the ball!

This is a photo I intended to get up on Friday the 26th of February. It's now the 26th of March. Seriously, where does the time go? This was taken at an Olive Garden in Rochester, MN. We went there for lunch after visiting the planetarium with the Home School group. We were waiting for the bill and I got out the camera in a attempt to keep the kids quiet. It worked for Maggie.

And this is today's Friday Foto. Beatrice is wearing make-up that she put on herself. She proudly announced, "I look like a clown!!" To me she looks like she was just pulled out from under a pile of rubble, but that's just me. Maggie and I seem to be the only ones still interested in weekly photos. I have to work on little miss headstrong's attitude more. And more and more!!

Bee-isms

Beatrice: "Mom," *sigh* "I don't like bunnies because they're not cool."

Me: "Yeah?"

Beatrice: "Yeah, they're just silly."