Beginning of March & Dad Day

Jaina had woken up in the middle of the night and felt scared. I usually send her back to bed 

because Pat and I wake up early, but she lucked out and it was a Friday night. So I let her sleep 

on the floor next to our bed. In the morning she was up earlier than we wanted to be awake, 

so I let her play on my phone to keep her quiet. When I got my phone back I found that 

she had taken a bunch of selfies. She really loves the camera and taking pictures.

Jaina is doing great in Kindergarten. She is loving to draw pictures, write words and make 'books'.

Pat got down his Death Star Lego and Melody immediately ran over to play 

with it. I love that Legos appeal to everyone, big or small, male or female. 

We took advantage of $5 Tuesday at the Megaplex theater and went to see the new 

Disney movie Zootopia. It was a lot of fun and we were able to see it with my whole family!! 

The kids loved being able to sit by cousins for the movie. 

Oh how I love Lisa's selfie stick, perfect for groupies!!!

I can't remember why or how, buy Melody was able to convince me to take a walk around the block. 

I loved that she held my hand the whole time and was so excited to see everything around her.

We were finally able to buy a new dining table and chairs!!! We've been using a 

hand-me-down table from Morri and Liza since we moved into the house 4 years 

ago. We got it from the Wayfair website and it is a perfect addition to the house!!

I'm so happy that we don't have to deal with a high chair anymore 

and that we have a lot more room with the new table.

March 10th marked 12 years since dad died. I love that we always get together for the day to 

celebrate him. We started the night with a Wendy's dinner/picnic at the cemetary.

Jaina was insistent on bringing her blanket brown to use at the picnic. 

Of course, Melody couldn't be contained to eat her dinner, but she was happy to mooch off of Karri's frosty.

Mara was sweet and walked around with Melody while we cleaned up.

JD is a pro at the groupie and didn't even need a stick to do it.

Karri and I ran over to see Grandma and Grandpa.

Then did a selfie with dad.

After the cemetary we headed to mom's to have a movie viewing night. Dad's favorite thing was to 

watch certain scenes from his favorite movies, with the sound way up to show off the sound system.  

We watched a few Bonds, The Matrix and Star Trek. It was a little too loud for Jaina at times.

Melody was mesmerized by it all.

It was fun to be together doing the things that dad liked to do. It was such a great way to celebrate him.