Marching in 2020

March was an unusual month, while we celebrated Shiloh and Ezra's birthday, there was a lot of unexpected for our would.  Thankfully Beach and I got a couple of quick dates in beforehand.

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I, also, got a lunch date with Shiloh for her student of the week time.

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As part of the Irmo chamber, we went to the opening ceremony of an exciting new business just down the road!

The had a delicious spread!

My view was fabulous.

Then we spent quite some time playing video games, reminiscing from back in the day, as well as enjoying some more modern games.

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I have some littles that enjoy playing with my phone from time to time...

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While school may have been closed for St. Patrick's day, my kids still enjoyed getting dressed up!

In finding this "stage" in the parking lot when we went to the chiropractor, it proved just the spot to show off their outfits (to an empty parking lot).

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The girls had just signed up for Run Hard again.  We were supposed to help them train from home, so I took Zoe out for a paced run.

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My health took a decline, not helped by the stress I'm sure, and we all attempted to adjust to homeschooling.

Sometimes we did fun yoga warm-ups....ok maybe one time we did that.

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Another night, for the Run Hard workout we headed to the track and had a family workout and relay race.

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Lots of coloring these days....

and coffee!

Beach enjoyed playing with new creations.

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Thankfully my mom was able to come a couple of times a week to help me with the whole new schooling at home gig.

Dealing with three different curriculums and having some heath flairs made it extra difficult.

But we pressed on all the same, including some fun experiments...

GoNoodle...

and just plan creativity.

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A symbol of the times.

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Sweet hammock snuggles while enjoying the amazing weather we had all month, a true blessing these days.

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Shiloh is always coming up with fun things, like this fairy house.

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Zoe said, "Mom make the yuckiest face you can!" Then she put her editing skills to work. She found it so funny that I had to include it here.

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Getting ready for Zoe's birthday was hard for this tired sick mommy.  Thankfully my party planner in the house was on it....wrapping all the gifts and decorating....Shiloh was in her happy place.

Much less pictures than a normal month as life seemed like a lot less in many ways!

Ezra 6

Ezra's birthday came shortly after they had closed off things due to COVID.  So he birthday looked a little different than anticipated, but his easy going personality didn't seem to mind flexing at all.  The girls were eager to give him their presents first thing that morning.

I do love how they seem to enjoy giving as much as receiving.

The birthday individual always gets the biggest pancake, this one was the biggest yet (platter size)!

Ezra was pretty thrilled about it, although, I don't think he was able to eat it all.

However, he did save some room for a latte.

Train them up to appreciate the good things in life.

Then it was on to some gifts, including an awesome card from the grands!

Perfect card for Ezra that contained a race car game!

There were also presents from Michigan...

matching ones for him and Beach (who also had an upcoming birthday).  Determined game faces to get ready to open...

And they were both well pleased by the result...matching nerf guns!

Ezra is a very joyful present opener...

He had his eye on this after seeing it at Aldi!

Major squart gun action.

Beach was pretty stoked about his early birthday present (which they had a blast playing together later in the day).

We never watch TV in the middle of the day, so it was extra special to watch a movie during lunch for Ezra.

Sweet neighbor friend dropped by a gift.

Then, when we went to my parents house that night for dinner, we discovered a surprise. They had gotten a new puppy!

A cute bundle of energy!

Little Ezra was adoranorned with cards and some presents.

Excited to get into them!

 

In case you missed Addy's outfit fix, I took an additional picture...the solution to not having the new puppy bite her dress.

I would say that she is one beloved new pet.

Fun with filters.

Happy birthday to my forever baby boy!

My tender hearted, handsome, loving, peace making son...how you are so loved and treasured.  I have enjoyed seeing how much you have truly grown through all your new experiences this past year.  Yet your heart remains golden, and you are always up for some snuggles in between all your adventures with cars and outdoor play.  You are such a blessing to us all!