January, February, and March Fun

JANUARY

How much snow do you think we got to play in outside one day in January?

Sarah:  3/4 inch.

Phoebe:  1 inch.

Silas:  I think it was 10 inches.

What do you like to do in the snow?

Sarah:  Throw snowballs at Phoebe and Silas and I like to lay in it.
Phoebe:  Make snowballs and throw them at people and make snow angels.
Silas:  I like to to get snowballs on me...but not hard and play in it.

What do you wear that keeps you the warmest when you play in the snow?

Sarah:  Um, my coat, my overall thingys, my gloves, my hat, my hood, and my snow boots.
Phoebe:  Snow boots, a hat, coat, and gloves
Silas:  My coat and my gloves.

What kind of pie did you bid on at our church pie auction?  What was your favorite thing about the auction?

Sarah:  My favorite thing was getting to eat the pie when we got home.  And, the soup was good.

Phoebe:  My favorite thing about the auction was the soup dinner.  I bid on a Strawberry YUMM-O pie.  I won the bidding and Mommy paid $51 for the pie.  It was worth it.

We had the Grant family Christmas get-together at our house in January.  Tell me about something that happened or you got to do during that weekend.

Sarah:  We got to swim at the hotel.  And, we got to play our basketball games which Ernie and Judy got to watch.

Phoebe:  I threw up.  I was feeling so bad all day Saturday.  I liked swimming at the hotel on Friday night.  When we were swimming I dove under and got the pennies off the bottom of the pool.

Silas:  I got to swim because Ernie and Judy were staying at the hotel.

FEBRUARY
On an especially nice day in February we met some friends at the zoo for the afternoon.  What was your favorite animal encounter or sighting during this zoo visit?

Sarah:  I liked the Meerkats and the Elephants swimming.

Phoebe:  The Elephants were playing in the water.

Silas:  The baby Orangutan and the Elephants swimming.

What is your favorite baby animal at the zoo right now?

Sarah:  The Meerkats.

Phoebe:  The two Meerkats.

Silas:  The Orangutan 

Did you enjoy your "Cruise" time at the church Valentine banquet?

Sarah:  I liked eating the fruit cookie and I liked the volleyball game.  

Phoebe:  We got to make fruit cookies with icing.  I also liked watching the movie Moana.

Silas:  Yes, I liked playing volleyball with the kids.

March
What did you like doing with Grandma Sharon during her visit in March?

Sarah:  I liked going to Spangles and getting my own cheesecake strawberry shake.  I liked getting my ears pierced and then I kind of liked going to the antique store and walking around with Grandma, Phoebe, and Mommy.

Phoebe:  I liked her coming to our basketball games.

Silas:  I liked going to Starbucks cause there was treats there like those cake pops.

What do you like/love about Grandma Great?  (We visited her in mid-March at her new home in Missouri.)

Sarah:  I liked it when she would come and watch my softball games.

Phoebe:  I liked going to the park in Olpe with her when she lived there.  And I like playing the piano for her to hear at her new home.

Silas:  Her playing the piano

We spent some time at Popee and Nanee's house over Spring Break.  What did you enjoy doing over those few days with them?

Sarah:  I liked going to the Sweet Granada.  Popee and I made a cobbler thing.  I liked playing with Taylor.  I liked playing the basketball games with Popee in the driveway.  I liked spending time with Shirley at her house.

Phoebe:  Going fishing and I caught a lot of fish and we used minnows.  I liked making fruit salad.

Silas:  We got treats at the Sweet Granada.  I liked playing Wii and playing outside.