March Madness!

We are not basketball fans, but I still like to use the March Madness theme because that is exactly what this month has been. I can't believe that we are in the final days of March. So much has happened this past month let alone year. Every day seems like something new with the struggles of parenting and just life in general. We went to the beach with the boys last weekend and really let them play. Both were covered head to toe with sand, and Nathaniel wanted to eat the sand as well as run off to explore other places. Both our boys are quite independent. Afterwards we stopped at the fruit stands in Fillmore and got oranges and later that weekend started to make orange marmalade and then I canned the extra orange juice. By the time I got done juicing oranges we were up to at least 8-9 qts of juice. It is A LOT OF WORK to juice that many oranges.

This week, lil Steven has seemed to just take off with his talking. He mimes me more, and the favorite word now is "Poo-Poo." He then proceeds to walk around to everyone else and say Poo-poo? Which of course I'm sure the adults haven't pooed their pants (hopefully not). He also puts his hands on the sides of his cheeks and says "Oh NO!" When we are at stoplights or stop signs he says very loudly, "Go, go," and I have to remind myself that he can't understand colors or any traffic rules, so we will just let it be for now.

Nathaniel's favorite new thing is to sit at the table like a big boy in a chair and have his snacks. Maybe I'm wrong to let him but he climbs right up and looks so cute sitting there ready to partake of his graham crackers or "cookies." He LOVES being outside and throws huge fits if he is made to come in. The brothers love to ride their cars and Nathaniel is getting so good at getting on and off them himself. Washing hands seems more like fun, so I'm glad it accomplishes cleanliness and fun all at the same time.

We are staying busy. I've started seeds and went to the Stake Gardening Class which was great. It gave me hope that I can have a decent if not great garden here in the Antelope Valley. I will work on attaching photos, hopefully in the next day or two.