March in Minnesota

In Minnesota in March, you never know what you're going to get. Comes in like lion, out like a lamb, the second snowiest month (usually), so when it's 60 degrees and sunny, you take advantage. For example, Wednesday, we let the girls play outside when we all got home. Well.....Erin played. Sara just hung out. I got the Christmas lights down (finally!....well, most of them). We saw our neighbors. It'd been a while.

Erin colored the driveway with chalk. You can tell how much she's grown. Last year she just drew a few random lines. This year, well.....see for yourself...

Big giant blobs of colored chalk. And using her little toy planters to hold all of her different colored chalk. Yep, she's definitely gotten better. I think she called it a flower, but I'm not sure.

Honestly, I just can't get over what a big girl she looks like in this picture. She's not even three yet, but she looks so much older.

Daddy brought Sara outside to experience the great weather. She also wanted to show off the great daisy barrette that they put in her hair at daycare. They're also the ones responsible for Erin's ponytail. There are times I think that hair salon is a game they play on a regular basis. They have so much fun doing the girls' hair.

When it was time to clean up, Erin definitely helped. And she's way more possessive of her garden tools this year. Who knew? Maybe she'll be able to actually help Daddy this year when it comes time for gardening.

Sprout!

Much to my surprise, when Todd brought Sara home from daycare today, she was sporting a sprout on top of her head! Eek! I'd wanted to try it, but never been brave enough so yay for them having done it for me! I've sent her with clips so many times. We may need to embrace the sprout as Sara's hair is starting to get long enough to get in her eyes.

We had to capture the sprout for posterity.

Bowling!

One Sunday, we decided to take the girls bowling. I'd heard of other friends taking their 2 year olds bowling and Erin had been to a bowling alley before, so we gave it a shot. Erin had a blast and nearly beat Mommy in a game! We both used bumpers, but the ramps definitely helped Erin!!!

Sara checked out the ball return.

Go, go, go!!

Check out Erin's cool rental bowling shoes!

Random playtime pictures of Sara

Just for fun, here's some pictures of Sara playing in our playroom!

Daddy's physical exam

Erin got a medical kit for Christmas and she loves to play with it. She likes to check out Mommy and Daddy and see how healthy we are. Todd got a very thorough examination the other night.

First Erin, checked his blood pressure.

She tried to listen to his heart, but kept listening to her own tummy instead.

Next, Erin checked out Todd's eyes and ears. He's such a trooper to do that well with it.

Lastly, Erin took his temperature. Daddy's doing just fine!

Sara visits the beach

Before we left, we finally introduced Sara to the beach. She had a very good time, even if she didn't get to go by herself. Erin tried to build a sand castle and tried to help Sara understand why the beach is so awesome.

The Imaginarium

We also decided to visit the Imaginarium. We had some fun there. Erin found all kinds of new things to explore and Sara even had some fun playing. Sara and I got to meet a T-Rex.