April 9 - 29

Notable things of the weeks:

• 4/10 - Movie night at the school - The Lion King
• 4/10 - Ran Star Card Cart again.
• 4/11 - Mom and Nate visited one Saturday between Nate's baseball and soccer games.
• 4/12 - Bella went to her friend Laila's birthday party at Skatetown, USA!
• 4/13 - Ross went to the Fairfield city meeting about the Landominiums to be built next to us.
• 4/14 - Had our April PTC meeting.
• 4/15 - Bella went to the first Dentist appointment with Dr. Kennedy. Needs a tooth pulled and another crowned.
• 4/16 - Bella and Lilly went to the school skating party.
• 4/17 - Sarah and Jason came into town and we had a grill out at Dad's with everyone.
• 4/19 - We had VBS training at church.
• 4/21 - Bella took a trial class at Flip N Twist Gymnastics and loved it so we signed up.
• 4/23 - Another appointment with Dr. Hogue. Still no better.
• 4/25 - Lilly and Amy were sick all weekend with runny noses and pressure headaches. 
• 4/26 - We started using a jar filled with questions (called "The Key Jar") to ask at dinner time to help us have things to talk about.
•  4/29 - Took Lilly to the doctor after she had an earache in the middle of the night. She is 44 inches tall and 48.2 lbs. She is at the top end of both growth percentiles!

* It's been busy this month and frankly fitting in time to blog has been last on my mind. So this is a catch up post without extra details. Possibly this may be the format going forward, I don't really know yet. I just want to simplify without giving up entirely. I like having the reminders of what's happened, but the time it takes to type the details is annoying. 

April 2 - 8

Notable things of the week:

• Took Mom to Cheers to Art with Melissa to paint "I love the Reds" painting. 
• We filled 98 eggs for Dad's Easter Egg Hunt.
• The girls got 3 Easter baskets - one at Mom's, Dad's and home.
• We had Easter Dinner at Mom's and then at Dad's.
• We dyed Easter Eggs at home and Mom joined us.
• Our McDonald's meal was paid for by a stranger.
• We celebrated Livi and Levi and Emily's birthdays.
• Bella returned to school after Spring Break.
• Sarah and Jason came to town and suprised us!
• I finished the Federal and State taxes!
• I went and filled the Fairfield Income tax and saw a crazy lady!
• Lilly got new shoes for summer.

March 26 - April 1

Notable things of the week:

• I got an inflammation in my eye that required medication. 
• I went to Melissa's to visit and see Nate's room rearrangement and hold Eli. 
• I finally got around to mostly finishing our Taxes through TurboTax. 
• Bella, Ross and I saw the Wizard of Oz at the Community Arts Center. 
• We had a very cold Easter Egg hunt at Melissa's church. 
• We went to Mom's for lunch and hanging out. 
• Bella's new bike arrived in the mail, Lilly's was bought at Target, and Ross put them both 
• together!
• Dad and B went out with us for Sunday lunch and then came over for a visit. 
• We started Spring Break with games and playing outside in the beautiful weather.

March 2015 Wrap Up!

Looking back at March these are some of the things that happened that felt note-worthy:

• Lilly and I visited two preschools and picked the FCDC.  
• Ross and Bella went to Family Game/Literacy night at South. 
• I spent the night at Kasia's for VBS planning. 
• I attended the Lead Small Conference with 13 people from church. 
• Bella wrote her "famous American" report on Sally Ride.
• Ross and I painted at Cheers to Art - a picture of the Cincy Skyline.
• I ran the Star Card cart at South again. 
• We decorated our bathroom with a painting and a new storage unit. 
• We hosted the family birthday party for Mom, B and Rosie.
• Ross and Bella went to the multicultural fair. 
• Bella forgot her lunch for the first time!
• We all went to Flubs on opening day!
• The girls rediscovered the Wii and played a lot of sports games. 
• The girls helped make drop biscuits, and then refused to eat them! LOL!
• We had a family game night and played Ticket to Ride, Charades and Barbecue party.
• I got an inflammation in my eye that required medication. Boo!
• I finally got around to mostly finishing our Taxes through TurboTax. 
• Bella, Ross and I saw the Wizard of Oz at the Community Arts Center. 
• We had a very cold Easter Egg hunt at Melissa's church. 
• Bella's new bike arrived in the mail, Lilly's was bought at Target, and Ross put them both together!
• Dad and B went out with us for Sunday lunch and then came over for a visit. 
• We started Spring Break with games and playing outside in the beautiful weather.

Resolution update:
1. Saving Money - This month hit us hard. There were just a lot of extra expenses like family birthdays/parties and then we our weekly grocery budget was over every week. On top of that we've had a lot of medical bills come in lately so we only met 67% of our savings goal. It's not like we're in a deficit, but keeping a close eye on it is helping us keep it that way.

2. Lose 2 pounds a month / Get Healthier - Well, this month has been a bit of a struggle. I have mostly maintained my weight, which is better than gaining. I'd like to do better before summer hits though.

3. Read 3 books a month - Again I didn't quite make it this month. I finished The Prayer Box (Amazon, My Review), and I finished Still Alice (Amazon, My Review), I'm working on Angels Walking, but I'm not even halfway through that book. I'm hoping for more consistent reading next month.

4. Blog at least once a week - This is the one and only goal I've reached this month! It's becoming harder as the year goes on to do the weekly blogs which are really daily updates, but I'm plugging through. I do think it's nice to have the log of what's going on each day. I'm not sure how I'll feel about it come next year. It is a lot of work. But for now I'm glad I'm sticking with the commitment for this year.