March brings SPRING!!

Hurray! Spring is here. Well, last week felt more like summer. We had a 7-day record of high temperatures. One day it went up to 28. It felt like July! For some reason, I have been more sick than usual this year. I'm blaming the mild winter, for not being cold enough to kill all the virus's. I was happy Ava had gone without any sickness from September when she started daycare, until the last week in January ( 5 months). February was a rough month for all of us. We all had bad colds and coughs. Ava was fevered, then the next day I got called to come and pick Anthony up from school. I missed a week of work to be home with them. Then, that bad cold I had seemed to almost leave me, and suddenly got worse. I ended up with bronchitis (for the first time in my life). My back ached from coughing so much. It was nasty. Then just last week, I had the norwalk for a few days :( That God the kids were fine.

The week before March Break the weather was beautiful, so we headed to pick up our maple syrup that Ed bought on wagjag from McLachlan farms. We decided to stay and enjoy the pancake brunch and horse drawn wagon ride. We all enjoyed it! Little Ava, was eating so much and saying "yummy" after each bite. She is definately going through a growth spurt with the amount she has been eating. I love seeing it, especially since her big brother has always been a fussy eater. Anthony loved it too, and even asked for more pancakes at dinner time. It was a great family outing!

Sunday was a nice Girls day. My niece Emma turned 3 in January, and I had bought her a Build-a-Bear. We took it to get stuffed and picked out an outfit for it. She named her bear "Emily". I love seeing Emma and Ava interacting more and more. Ava was so excited to she her older cousin. Ed and his brother David took Anthony to a Car show at the Western fair. He liked seeing the batmobile the best.

Ava's birthday falls on Easter Sunday this year. She is growing so much, and saying more and more. I love this age. She is getting more stubborn about what she wears though. She say's "mo", (meaning no) if I put a shirt on that she doesn't like. I never understood this, when my friends that had girls would say that.  Anthony never cared what I put him in. Now, I get it!