March Recap

Geez - I've been a bad blogger lately.

The weekend of March 14th, my parents came up for a visit and to celebrate Grace's birthday. We had a pretty busy weekend - well, after a LONG delay with Spirit Airlines (instead of getting in a noon - they arrived at 2:00 in the morning).

Saturday, we spent some of the day at the outlet mall in Washington, PA and then just drove around looking at sights. Sunday, we headed to the Strip District to walk around and had lunch at Primanti's. We grilled steaks for dinner and then just spent the night hanging out.

The kids hanging out with Gamma & Gampa

Playing at the outlet mall

Grace on her new scooter

The kids have been practicing their writing skills lately. Grace just learned how to write an 'A' and anytime she does (which is a lot), we have to go look at it - haha.

At the end of March, Grammy and I took the kids to The Palace Theatre to see The Five Little Monkeys. The kids liked it (Tommy especially) and they even saw some friends from school. Tommy kept calling their names and waving at them - it was so cute!

Grace took a picture of the stage

Best picture we could get with these little monkeys

Grace's Birthday Week

We held Grace's 3rd birthday party on, Sunday, March 2nd at Simply Pink in Latrobe. It was a Princess & Superhero party.

As luck would have it, a big snowstorm came that day and two kids couldn't make it. We still had fun with all the kids that could make it.

Grace and her friends enjoyed:

• Getting their hair done
• Having their faces painted
• Getting manicures
• Dressing up & walking the runway
• Making lip gloss

Tom and I were actually surprised about how outgoing Grace was during her party. She is typically the shy, quiet one and at the party she was running around and wanted everyone to sing Happy Birthday to her more than once.

 The party princess

The kiddos

Getting her hair did

Face Paint

Playing with Friends

Iron Man

Tom & Tommy

 Nail time

Tommy wanted to try on a dress :)

Making lip gloss

Tommy decided to make body scrub

Craft time

Happy Birthday!

Family Photo

Success

On Grace's actual birthday, the four of us went to Chuck E Cheese per Grace's request. Her and Tommy had a blast running around playing all the games and even dancing with Mr. Cheese. :)

Cheese

Playing a game with her brother

Opening presents at the house

Happy Birthday Grace - we LOVE you!

The Weather - Cool & Cold

We've had a lot of fun playing outside in February and March.

We got a lot of snow this year and took advantage of it on the weekends (and weekdays). Some neighbors came over to sled ride with us.

Tommy and Vincent

Tom tending to the fire

The kids love sled riding

Grammy & Grace

In early March, we even had a cool day - so the kids and I played outside on the swing set. I think 2 little people are ready for summer!

Maybe Grace wants more snow... :)

Monster Jam

On Saturday, February 15th we headed up to Pittsburgh for dinner and some Monster truck action.

We walked across the street from Consol Energy Center to eat dinner at Blue Line Grill.  The food was good and the kids loved the sports atmosphere.

Tommy had to take a picture with the forks.

Since Tommy took a photo, Grace had to take one too.

After dinner we headed back to Consol for Monster Jam.

Tommy really enjoyed it, but Grace was scared most of the time. So Tom and I took turns walking around with her. She did end up watching towards the end with the motorcycle tricks and the truck freestyle activity.

Overall it was a good night for everyone. 😄

Action for Animals Event

On Saturday, February 8th, Tom and I attended the Action for Animals charity event at the Latrobe Country Club.

They had hors' devours, a 50/50 raffle, Chinese Auction and a Silent Auction. We didn't win anything, but we did have a nice time.

After the event, we headed to the Tin Lizzy, a small bar right up the street for a couple drinks.

Home Depot Workshop

A few weeks ago, I took the kids to Home Depot for their monthly kids workshop. 

The craft was a race car. I just want to say that I'm generally able to do simple things, but putting that car together with a hammer was a little difficult. Some of the screws were so tiny! I think the kids even thought I was a little slow, because Tommy mentioned that daddy would be able to do it --- well sure he could, since hammering is a man job! Haha!

After FINALLY getting it together the kids enjoyed painting, putting stickers on it and racing it with the other kids there.