March was busy, and yet, not busy at all.

After how quickly February went by, March seemed to crawl along at a snail’s pace.

Vet visit, car stuff, and weird weather all comprised the first couple of weeks, along with the usual Home Depot/Lowes workshops.

We had an almost 80° beautiful day, followed by freeze warnings and cold winds. I am ready for spring, but I feel like I might have missed out on my early planting since most of my sought-after plants tend to arrive this time of year and vanish a week or two later.

We did take advantage of the warm day and played outside. Little Man decided his swing was alright after not being sure about it thus far.

But despite Mother Nature playing roulette, we managed to get the cats all caught up on vaccines etc… and found out my car needs new tires desperately. None of the adulting lately has been very kind to our budget.

I spent a big chunk of those first two weeks cleaning for Mom and Dad to visit. Sadly, dad’s team didn’t make it to Nationals, but that allowed him to come see us, so that was great!

During their visit, we had a jam-packed week of speech therapy, grocery shopping, preschool visits, and milestones with my parents.

Little Man got all signed up for preschool (which I can’t believe) and got his very first haircut while Nana and Grandad were here. My mama heart really was tested. How did he get so big already?

We toured two preschools and picked one we’re really excited about for fall. He’ll only go twice a week for half days, but with speech likely still in his future, we think that will be plenty for his first time in school.

Then came the haircut. Goodness, he looks so grown up now.

I miss the curls, but he’s a whole new cutie!

No visit is complete with lots of Nana time.

We even got Grandad to set up the race track to play cars.

We spent the last two weeks of the month being pretty boring, though the weather took a turn and finally let us outside to play again.

We took full advantage of the sunshine and took Indie with us to the park. Boy, did that dog run and play until she couldn’t anymore. Even better, she was extremely well-behaved and didn’t try to wander off while off leash.

The last couple of weeks have also seen some drastic improvements in Little Man’s speech. He is saying so much more now and even started stringing a few words into sentences. Tonight, he scolded Daddy for throwing a ball at him by saying “no daddy, not nice” while wagging his finger. It came out a little garbled and missing a few consonants, but the Mister and I both could tell what he was saying.

He is also using sign language more frequently when he’s asking for things (he signs “more” quite a bit for things he’s excited about — like extra bananas when he’s already woofed down two). He is really into matching things lately, like things of the same color. We have lots of “geen” (green) and “ingk” (pink) in our house and we see lots of “ed” (red) and “due” (blue) out and about.

I’m so proud of how he’s doing and grateful for his progress. It makes me feel a little better about how preschool will go in the fall. We do still need to start working on potty training though. Mama is tired of poopy diapers.

We wrapped up the month with sidewalk chalk, helping the Mister mow, painting on the deck, and learning to ride a tricycle.

Next month will be both kid’s workshops on the same day, followed by a new sensory play place, Easter, and my birthday. After that, our plans kind of taper off. I’m sure we’ll find something to fill the time.

Until then,

Cheers!