Clover Lane

Easter egg coloring.  Anyone want some hard-boiled eggs?  We can't possibly eat them all!

A snow day. BLAH!

I just finished Me Before You and really liked it.  I am going to start The Last Letter next.  

A little spring cleaning-my spice/baking cabinet.  I love spring cleaning but I've only been able to accomplish little bits in fits and starts this year.  It's funny (crazy?) how happy this clean uncluttered cabinet makes me. 

A cold weather desperation get-out-of-the-house walk.  We made it once around the block and it took me hours to warm my old bones up.  But Janey didn't mind it at all and Patrick rode his bike, crazy kid.

Patrick and I chose our winner. 

We used a really scientific method when deciding all the other games.  Basically, it was about the weather in the particular region of the school, or whatever name I said last when asking Patrick.  Belmont is the name of a pool we go to so that weighed heavily on the decision in the Western conference.   Florida made it far in the Southern and Eastern conferences.  I think Michigan State made it in the Midwest, only because Patrick is quite sure that he will be celebrating wildly when they go head to head with their rival and all his favorite MI players (Trey Burke, Nik Stauskas, Mitch McGary) dunk like crazy.  I asked him, "Why are you sure Michigan can beat Michigan State?"  He said, "Just because I like Michigan and they are the best team ever.  And Uncle John is our cousin (?) and he's the best coach ever."  I'll second that.

Go Michigan!

Janey is almost sitting up-just needs a little hand.  She is so much fun...and almost seven month already.  

My living room March madness style.

Two teeth, lots of drool.

The sun in my kitchen window.

Skateboard skills.

I love packing Abbey's lunch for her.  She is not a sandwich sort of gal and healthfully picky so I embrace it as a challenge and find the fun in it.  

I 'spring-cleaned' Sammy.   Boy did he need it.

A rainy day, feeling a little under the weather...

I love this kid.

We have two new additions.  Jack and Jay.  Jay has been replaced by a new Jay, but the difference is only slight and quite unnoticeable.

Scrumptious.

Janey's BFF came over for a play date.  Her name is Ruby.  Which is just about the cutest name ever isn't it?   She was born a week before Janey.  She is #8 so Janey and Ruby can relate to being smothered with kisses and living in crazy houses that are never quiet.  They're having a little conversation about it all in this photo-the perils of dodging balls, listening to teenage drama, and adapting to flexible sleep schedules.

Patrick gives himself homework to do every day. 

Life is busy and full and sometimes I feel completely overwhelmed by it all and can feel weighed down with the responsibility of all these marvelous lives in my home-I have to be careful not to let worry get a hold of me and just enjoy it all as the days fly by.