march madness

March Madness usually pertains to the NCAA basketball tournament (which we have been enjoying), but it has been a somewhat crazy month for us as well. Here is a recap of things we have been going through this month.

1. Sickness. Over the past two weeks, we’ve been hit with strep throat. Jamie is the only one that has avoided it so far. Hopefully he does not get it!

2. Visitors. Brian visited in early March with his four kids. The cousins all had a great time playing together and Olivia & Violet still talk about baby Owen (even though he is not really a baby anymore)! We played hide-n-seek, Simon Says, red light/green light, and went to the park. We also enjoyed a visit later in the month from Granny and Grandpa Thronson. The girls hadn’t seen them since they got back from Arizona, so Olivia and Violet were super excited about their visit. Unfortunately, my dad wasn’t feeling the best, so they cut their visit shorter than they were planning. We also enjoyed an afternoon visit with my cousin Kelley and her five kids. It was great to catch up with her!

3. Persistence. How many times can a 3-year-old ask the same question? Hundreds, it seems.

4. First nightmare. Olivia woke up last night screaming hysterically. When I went in her room, she said that a mousie bit her on the hand and it hurt really bad. She never really got back to sleep, so her dream must have been pretty traumatizing!

5. Foreign languages. Olivia and Violet have developed their own language (or so it seems). They will talk to each other in nonsense that Jamie and I can’t understand, and then they will giggle and go off to do whatever they were talking about. Already conspiring against mom and dad? Probably!!

6. High energy. This would be Olivia and Violet – not me and Jamie! They have been so hyper at times that they just get goofy. They run around like crazy kids and all sense of listening and reasoning go out the window. This usually results in one of them crying eventually.

7. Daycare fun. The girls’ daycare class had a visit from a sneaky leprechaun on St. Patty’s Day, who left them a pot of gold. Later in the month, Olivia and Violet dressed like cowgirls on Rodeo Day. They ate baked beans, biscuits and s’mores. They had two helpings of beans and couldn’t finish their s’mores. They also roped cows and rode horses (for pretend of course). They often ask on the weekends if they can go to daycare. I guess mom and dad must be boring!

And best of all.....
8. Best friend status. I was going to take Olivia to the grocery store last Saturday because Violet got to go with me last time, and Violet started sobbing hysterically that she wanted to go to the store too. I thought it was because she wanted go to with me, so I decided to stay home and Daddy was going to take Olivia. She started crying harder and then I realized she wanted to be with Olivia – not me – when she started sobbing “B-b-b-but Olivia is my b-b-b-best f-f-f-friend!”