March Madness continues!

March Madness continues today into the weekend, but I thought I should share a few things about our March Madness.

Like this showing up in my driveway on Saturday morning...

No, I don't need a van, but thank you anyway.  It was Jay's grand plan to remove the guest room bed from the loft and return the loft to a sitting/play area.  So, that was fun...a little more warning to me about his grand plans would have been helpful.  Clearly we are getting old because we both were complaining about aches and pains after moving everything.  I'm sure it was hysterical to see us both out in the cold (remember how cold it was last weekend?!) trying to literally SHOVE the mattress into the back of this hot cargo van. Mattresses are heavy!  But, the project is complete and I'm actually surprised at how much room we have in the loft when it's not being used as a guest room!

So, to top off the March Madness at our house, the brakes went out in my beloved Escape while I was driving (!!!!) to the Pizza Ranch last night for dinner, with my entire family in the vehicle.  Talk about panic!  No crashes or injuries but that was not cool, not cool at all.  And, it was 6:30 at night.  I got a tow for the Escape, a rental car so we could get back home, and then we ate some pizza and chicken.  :)  I had to take a picture of the car (CAR) I am driving today.  Ford Fusion.  Thankfully it's not the Focus.  I've made too many jokes about the Ford Focus and I don't want that to come back and get me.  ;)  But, this short length of time driving a car has reminded me why I do not like to drive a car.  Most important reason - I can barely get in and out of one!  It's like a turn into a 90 year old woman when trying to get in and out!  And, call me old school, but I am not a fan of the computer screen in the center of the dash. 

Let's just hope I remember what vehicle to look for at the park-n-ride today after work! 

(And we better not get any ice or snow, because I'm pretty sure I don't have an ice scraper in the rental...)

March Madness continues...

Wondering what's going on?

March Madness is in full effect over here.  Last weekend I'm pretty sure that's all that was on our TVs ALL of the time.  But, I sort of love it.  The madness, the STRESS of watching all those games come down to the last few minutes (so many close ones!) My bracket though, is another story...maybe the worst picking performance in my March Madness career.  If you want to know the truth, Ella's bracket (oh yes she participates too!) is in the lead by 2 games (me) and 3 games (Jay).  Clearly, not a winning bracket year.  And I had so many plans for my billion dollars....

In more March Madness news, we had another virus run through the house before St. Patty's day.  Ella really had a case of it!  I am hoping we can now all stay healthy and get some much-needed sunshine! Viruses are not fun.  We probably have enough popsicles in our freezer to last all summer, or feed the neighborhood.

Ella continues to grow and is having a great time at Kinder Kollege.  She loves to tell us what she's going to do when she's 5 (cause that's WAY older than she is now).  :)  And, she's already planning her 5th birthday party, but I hesitate to commit to a theme this early in the game....she loves to change her mind.  I get daily pictures of her during Kinder Kollege....here are a few of the latest ones.  

 (notice the dainty pinky - like she's going to drink some tea....)

 Disclaimer:  It was mismatch outfit day!  Those pants are so ugly!  

Disclaimer:  It was western day!  

The dollar store to my rescue since we own nothing western for her, and I'm pretty sure my vintage cowboy boots won't fit.  :)  I am not quite sure why her face is so strained...makes me laugh!

We made a spring break trip to Walmart Superstore...clearly we are in desperate need of a true vacation since we classify this trip as a fun part of our spring break (and we went twice!)

 But, I am always so excited to find crazy products that our boring Target grocery store doesn't carry and then I like to take pictures of us getting them apparently.  Like, birthday cake Pop-Tarts - come on! 

(Note, they are just "okay" but you have no idea how excited I was about trying these!) And...I know Ella is too big for the front of the cart, but I was not going to ruin my spring break trip with an argument...

 

 Clearly, we were craving non-nutritional foods....Sprinkled Donut Crunch Cereal!! 

(Note: again, not that great)

So, that pretty much sums up the beginning of our month of March Madness.

Disney on Ice Recap

We're late....we're late....for a very important update!  Way back on March 1st (whoops!) we headed to Disney on Ice, which was a gift to Ella for Valentine's Day.  :)  We all had a great time and enjoyed seeing all of the characters!  A few pictures from the big event:

 (picture not great, however, this was the best one we took - boo!)

In other events, we have had kindergarten registration, so that's happening!  We've got our house for sale by owner (round 2)!  Schools are on spring break this week, so no Kinder Kollege and Sara's will be closed the end of this week and beginning of next week, so we'll have lots of free time - ha!  Hoping to enjoy some warmer temperatures!