Dear readers, I do still write posts. I intend to keep writing posts. And I feel silly making a bonus post to cover my normal posts that I haven't written in several weeks. However. Life has been busy and my blog got pushed to the back burner. So there you have it.
Way back at the beginning of March, we had our card club. Several months ago I printed out scorecards so that we wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel every time we played. The scorecards came with goofy names on them (Peanuts characters, pet names for a significant other, kinds of wine, etc), so I told Bryan to pick a theme. We ended up playing as 80s rock bands and then had the brilliant idea of making a playlist with songs by only those bands. If you made a loner called while your band was playing, you won a prize. No one succeeded, but it was a fun gimmick anyway, so we'll probably use it again. Bryan has already created the next playlist.
On March 6 we went to two open schools (whenever I call them open houses I get questions about moving...) to see what they were like. They were about what I expected from Catholic schools, although preschool has gotten more rigorous in the last 25 years. Olivia actually misses the Ohio cutoff by two days, so we have another year to figure out what's going on with kindergarten.
We visited the Kleins on March 8 and I seem to recall being able to spend quite a bit of time outside because the weather was so gorgeous. Olivia tried out Eva's two-wheeler (with training wheels) but had trouble making it move. I think she mostly wanted to ride so that she could wear the helmet. :)
I spent the next few days practicing for orchestra, which is something I rarely do. I'd been told I was sitting second chair for the upcoming concert, though, and I figured that was grounds to at least look at the music ahead of time. Happily for me, I ended up being third chair, where I am much more comfortable. Our concert was all Star Wars music, and we even got to perform three pieces from the newest movie. The new music became available on Tuesday morning, the conductor ordered it immediately, it was delivered on Thursday, and we saw it for the first time at rehearsal on Friday, so it was all very exciting.
The concert was on the day Daylight Savings began (or ended? I never know which half of the year is the savings half). There was a baptism at church in the morning, which meant liturgy ran long. Then the evening was the beginning of Orthodox Lent, so we headed back to church for vespers. My concert was sandwiched nicely in between all of the busyness.
The beginning of Lent is always church-heavy and this year was no exception. Bryan had to be in Springfield on Monday and Tuesday, so the girls and I got a ride to church for services those two days. Wednesday we all went together, Thursday I went alone (and it was wonderfully peaceful), and Friday I took the girls by myself again and we made it halfway through the service before we gave up and came home. :/ After the first week it gets less intense and there's only an extra service on Wednesday evenings.
Other happenings from these past two weeks:
-The girls didn't really participate in the time change since they were going to bed late because of all the evening services. They're still not quite fixed even now.
-We had some new people over for dinner one night. I met Ruth at orchestra and she and her husband and their two-year-old daughter visited.
-Voting happened on Tuesday the 15th, and somehow Bryan and I both managed to make it despite the fact that he and our car were in Springfield for most of the day.
-Women's group was dedicated to exchanging Lenten recipes, so I have a bunch of new dinner ideas to try. My goal this Lent is to create a full meal plan that I can just pull out on Cheesefare Sunday every year so that I don't even have to think about what to have for dinner during Lent.
-My peas outgrew the laundry room and got booted outside. I covered them with plastic to protect them from the wind and cold (and bunnies), but I think it also protected them from the sun because they started wilting and don't look too happy right now. I've since removed their cover, deciding that they'll just have to brave the weather in order to benefit from the sun and rain.
-Kaitlyn took her first steps. I suppose this should be a paragraph in its own right, especially since she's our earliest walker by at least two months. The monumental event happened on Saturday, March 19, and we managed to get it on video (I'll post that another time). Since those first steps she's been braver, but still finds it faster and safer to crawl.
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