Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 storytime at Barnes and Noble

 Shamrock shakes at McDonalds  :)

 helping Mom pump gas

 playing at the park

 rolling down the hill

 SAND!!!!  They were excited beyond all understanding when they remembered the sand!

yummy!  Thanks for the idea, Mandy!

 dressing up Philip at Old Navy . . . oh my . . . embarrassing.

science project

 growing a lima bean

moving some stuff over . . .

 The process begins . . .

 

and here's where we'll be soon!

Sophia having fun with friends

 Christy

 Olivia

4-H club achievement program

 They displayed their projects from last year and received their pins.

 Samuel volunteered to be a part of the decorating committee and agreed to make the nut cups up.

 Samuel receiving his pin from his leader, Mrs. Breen.

 Philip is proudly holding his pin and gift from Mrs. Breen.

 Sophia is explaining her drawing to me.

 Mrs. Breen is receiving her gift from the 4-H ers.

The group photo!

Grandpa Bill's and Grandma Lynn's birthday weekend

 holding sweet Josie girl

 taking care of their cousin

 Happy birthday . . . yes, Trevor, you can have some olives!

 Trevor liked helping Grandma Lynn open her presents.

 My dad, Allen; his sister, Melissa; and his dad, Bill

 Mom and Dad's neighbors and friends, Jeff and Stacy

Philip wanted me to include one of his photos of the vegetables.  :)

sweet boys :)

 Samuel offered to get us all our snacks at snack time, so that I could continue helping them with their lessons.  (We usually all work together on snack prep.)  Very thoughtful!

Philip was very proud of his alphabet that he wrote on his own for fun!  Cute!

boxes, boxes everywhere!

The kids and I drove all around Champaign-Urbana looking for boxes.  Samuel finally spotted some for us right before we gave up the search for the day.  Yay Samuel!  They all three helped me dumpster dive and load them in the van. 

The next day they were a huge help by getting the old plants clipped and the yard waste dumped in the woods.  They are such a great and eager help!  The day I took the boxes out of the attic to repack, they were up there pushing the boxes toward the ladder for me. Such sweeties.