March 25-31

On Sunday, after church, my mom watched Jason so Tyler and I could have a much-needed "date". He picked lunch at Friendly's and then we were off to the library to do some research for his upcoming "living history" project. Only my son would enjoy a date to the library. He, he.


That afternoon Tyler had a pack meeting for scouts and got a belt loop of some sort.

Afterwards we quickly went over to my mother-in-law's for a nice dinner.

On Monday after school Tyler had a yoga program at the library, which he loved. Afterwards he showed off his new smile. Losing teeth at a rapid pace!

That afternoon I finally got Jason's speech report from his evaluation almost 6 weeks prior. I was somewhat surprised to see that it gave him a final diagnosis of "Childhood Apraxia of Speech". Looks like we have a long road ahead of us with speech therapy.

On Tuesday we had a busy day of "alphabits" at church, Tyler's new art club after school, and karate.

On Wednesday I had a fun afternoon at the dermatologist. Due to family history it was recommended I have an awesomely exciting body scan of moles and stuff. Luckily the few I was slightly concerned about turned out to be fine, but they did decide to biopsy another one on my hip. Jason FINALLY got his long-awaited playdate at our house. Jason's friend and her older brother (Tyler's friend) both came over. It was a lot of energy but A LOT of fun. As Tyler stated, it was "the best playdate EVER".

On Friday, after doing some substitute lunch serving we spent some time on the playground.

That evening, after karate, the boys continued their new routine of Tyler reading Jason his bedtime stories. So cute.

On Saturday morning we did some quick baking (for a friend's charity) before heading over to spring sport's opening day in town where I had agreed to help man the Woman's Club concession stand (before i realized that neither of my boys would be playing baseball). Due to the rain it was pretty much shut down, which stunk for the kids. So I didn't do much selling before helping break it all down.

That afternoon, due to the yucky weather continuing, my mom and I decided to use her free coupons (thanks Sahara Sam's for the facebook giveaway she won) to take the boys to see The Lorax in 3D. When Jason heard of this he freaked out, apparently petrified at the idea (in spite having successfully been to the movie theater in the past). Ultimately I ended up bring Tyler on a "date" (again) to see it myself. We got the tickets, then went to grab a quick dinner at chick-fil-a, and then back for the movie. It was cute and he loved it. The little stinker though, on the way out, told me I was "embarrassing" him when i went to hug him. And so it begins...

March 18-24

On Sunday, after church, we were off to Wilson field for a clean-up for the Woman's Club. The boys always help too. Jason rocks at this. Even found a little lady bug that he was fascinated with.


That evening Tyler was back off to church to attend Kid's Club again, his new favorite activity. Love it.

On Monday, with Tyler off to school, we were off to a H&S coffee club. And then to Evesham library for a "Tumblin Tots" program.


The rest of the week was busy with counseling, my "alphabits" club, karate, a Women's Club meeting (complete with egg stuffing for the upcoming Easter egg hunt).

On Thursday we were back to the library for another program for Jason, including a craft.

That afternoon Tyler got a playdate after school, and Jason was pretty convinced it was his playdate too.

On Friday Jason and I got to serve lunch before he went to school that afternoon. After school we did puppet shows. Jason's were interesting. LOL.

On Saturday we started our day with a bike ride to the playground. Played for a while until it started to rain.




Then we got to work on our Easter crafting (of course). And then on to the involved decorating.



That evening Tyler got to go to his friend Nora's house for her birthday party. Home quite high on sugar!

March 11-17

On Sunday the boys, who should have slept late due to Daylight Savings time, were up extra early. And therefore cranky. WTH?

After church we met up at Bob Meyer for a playdate with my cousin Beth and her son.

That evening we made our way back to church for "Fresh Hope". It's a single mother's support group, held monthly on sunday nights. I had been tempted to go in the past, but was a little leery. On of my fellow "alphabits" friends asked me to join her there (her first time too) and I'm so glad I did! The boys got a dinner in the church, and then Tyler joined the Sunday Night Kids Club while Jason stayed in the nursery. Meanwhile I had a nice meal, a small video on single christian parenting, and conversation. I had a very nice time and am already looking forward to next month's Fresh Hope.

While Tyler was off to school on Monday Jason and I spent the morning outside. Little man can almost ride his tricycle. ALMOST.

That afternoon, with Jason at school as well, I went into Tyler's class to be "mystery reader". I got to read "Make Way for Ducklings" as well as show off some photos of Tyler at the Public Garden with the duck statue when he was little.

After school Tyler was off to Luke's house for a playdate, while Jason (aka: Mr. Grumpy) came home to hang out.


Got him home in time for karate.

On Tuesday Jason and I were off to church again for our "alphabits" course.

After school Tyler had an informal baseball practice. He does struggle, but I suppose enjoyed it. However Jason might have enjoyed it more. He wanted to play so badly, so he got to warm up with them and then hung out and played on the sidelines.



That evening my mom watched the boys so i could go to the SEAC meeting at school. With only 2 in attendance the meeting was over pretty quick.

On Wednesday, after a fun time at the grocery store, we watched Jason's little classmate at the playground before school for a little while. Jason's 2nd playdate in a week! Is it impressive when you freak out at the top of the slide and require your mommy to come rescue you? Probably not. Poor Jason.



After school I took Tyler outside to practice ball, which sorta ended poorly. After some drama over the last couple weeks, long story short, I gave him the decision whether he really wanted to play baseball. It was a tough decision, but he decided not to play. I was sorta sad, but I'd rather him "quit" now than after the season started. Wished it had worked out differently but it is what it is. Then it was off to counseling for me and Tyler. Good timing.

On Thursday we just had some normal fun. School, laundry, playtime, injections, karate, awesomeness.

On Friday after school we created some St. Patrick's day treats.

With the excitement of St. Patrick's Day Tyler felt the need to finish up his "leprechaun trap" before bed. At this point, as I tucked him in, he announced that he was excited for the leprechaun to leave him gold coins. Umm, what? I was unaware of this. So I (umm, I mean the leprechaun) had to run a few errands anyway (while my dad watched the sleeping boys), and went in search of gold coins...which I could not find. Finally at 11:30pm I found those damn gold coins at CVS. So I rushed home and hid them in their bedrooms. Then I went upstairs in the loft to address the note he had left by the "leprechaun trap". Does he think the leprechaun is going to answer the letter BEFORE being trapped? Hmm. Anyway, dealt with that as best as I could.



It was not incredibly brilliant for the leprechaun to have hidden a gold chocolate coin in Tyler's shoe, becasue the leprechaun should have realized that Tyler would feel the need to check his leprechaun trap (upstair in the loft) at 4:30am and of course would therefore put on his shoes to navigate his shoes. Yes, so at 4:30am Tyler was excitedly bouncing at my door to tell me that the leprechaun had hidden chocolate. Oy vey. Which meant that Jason was up shortly thereafter. Awesome.

Unfortunately (by that I mean actually very fortunate) Tyler had a boyscout activity at Cedar Run so I dropped him off at his scout leaders house and had just Jason to hang out with for almost 3 hours. So Jason got green milk for his St. Patrick's day cereal.

While Tyler was at Cedar Run Jason and I put together our fruit rainbow. He was quite excited about this and it was not easy to keep him away from it until Tyler got home. After their lunch and fruit treat I made them homemade Shamrock Shakes, which of course pleased them.


Then we finished up our yummy cupcakes.

Then it was off to Jim and Cara's for St. Patrick's Day dinner, a little trampoline play, and hanging out with the chicks.