The Madness has begun....

MARCH MADNESS that is :)  YAY!!!!  One of my favorite times of the year!  I love filling out my brackets and keeping close track of all the games!

There is other madness happening on a daily basis in this house and lately its been my little princess and her fetish for writing instruments that has been at the center of that madness...yesterday I thought she was too quiet and I was right!  She was busy creating this little masterpiece on my wall!!! That was yesterday, today...she was sitting quietly coloring at the table next thing I know she has colored the entire length of her arm with marker!  I honestly do not know how many times I have to tell this child that pens, crayons, markers, etc. are only for PAPER!!!!  In fact if you ask her "What can you color on?"  She will sweetly reply "Paper".  I do NOT have a picture of her rainbow bright arm because I was too ticked to take a picture...one of the few times I haven't captured such an event on film!  Thankfully it was washable marker and came off quite easily (thank you Crayola).

In other news, baseball has officially started...practice three times this week, Tues, Thurs and Saturday.  This early preseason stuff I'm not crazy about but with it comes the promise of spring, warmer temps and lots of time watching my boys play baseball.  I love it!  Cooper is playing this year (he played T-ball last year, but that was a complete joke)...this year however, he is on a real team.  It will be fun to watch Owen and him play together and have David coach them.  I can't wait, it should be a great season.

Tuesday I got to see my girls...Kate, Kinsey and Karlee!  Kinsey has been in Disney taking part in their college internship program, she had a couple of days off and my Uncle flew her home.  It was quite the surprise.  She was here from Sat. until Tues.  I packed Grady and Em in the car on Tuesday morning after the big boys were at school and we headed up to have lunch and see her!  It was soooo good to see them. 

Unfortunately the picture I have of Katie is on my phone and not on my camera because I had to take it while we ate lunch...she works at Ruby Tuesdays and that's where we went for lunch.  So she wasn't home when we were taking realy pictures. We had a great day!

Owen has had PSSA testing all week so we have done our best to have a good bedtime and I've been making sure he gets a really good breakfast.  Not that I don't try to make sure that they normally have a good breakfast but that usually means making sure they aren't eating a bowlful of sugar cereal everyday.  This week I've kicked it up a notch, eggs, baked oatmeal, etc.  only one day did he get to the Cap'n Crunch before I got downstairs. Tomorrow we have a pizza party planned for the whole class as a big "You made it through" celebration!!  Should be a fun time.  Owen has loved taking these tests, he's thrilled because they get to chew gum while taking them and have special treats and stuff. 

Busy weekend ahead, parenting conference that I am SUPER excited for, maybe it will finally give me a clue as to what I'm suppose to be doing with these four charges of mine :)  We have that tomorrow evening and Saturday morning.

On a completely different note, check out these bags.  My friend Amy, had one made for a diaper bag (she's expecting her third baby girl in just a few weeks) and its soooo cute.  This girl is really talented and I really want to get a bag made by her!  There's just something about handmade things...heart and soul.  One of the reasons I love Etsy!!!

Well off to watch the last little bit of March Madness for today and then I gotta get some sleep :)