Random musings on the month of March

While the calendar might say it's been a long month, it hasn't really felt that way around here. Like tonight, for instance. After half an hour of skating lessons and a quick change out of our skates and snowpants, we went to the science fair at the elementary school where J's class had an amazing exhibit on the birds in the schoolyard. We've been busy, busy, busy and loving every minute.

But then there have been days like yesterday when, after a trip to our favorite store Stew Leonards, we spend hours (and I do not exaggerate here) shooting off rocket balloons - from the top of Whale Rock, the top of Chicken Rock, the top of the playscape, and a myriad of places in between. Besides being really fun, the best part was J saying, "Can we just do it again and again?" again and again. Or was the best part watching D jump up to get a balloon off the roof of the shower house? Or A trying to choreograph mid-air acrobats with two, no three balloons all set off with synchronized watches?

A is the queen of the monkey bars. She's always willing to try again and again, even when the bars are about 15 degrees.

So we'll head into April, a month of vacations and birthdays and hopefully, hopefully melted snow in Mimi and Pops backyard.

Lest you think we've forgotten about the blog, here are some pictures for you to enjoy. March is roaring by in a flash of ice skating lessons, birthday parties, pictures of birds and books. We're all well and happy and looking forward to lots of basketball.

It's a twin thing...

My guess is that all parents compare their kids even though they don't want to. I think the comparing thing is even more, shall we say, pronouced with twins. Other people start early trying to attach a label to each twin - it definitely was that way for us. At the beginning Ali was the screamer and Jason was the sleeper. Just when everyone started telling us what a hard time Ali was going to give us, she stopped screaming, started smiling and basically hasn't stopped since. Jason, on the other hand, took his turn as the screamer later on. It seems like every time you start to think you've got them figured out, they pull a fast one. Jason has long been the artist of our pair, spending hours and hours at the art table, illustrating books and making posters. Ali is the reader of the pair, stopping to read when it's time to play soccer, or softball, or webkinz - but most definitely she's the reader.

So you'll see below that Ali had her art work displayed in an art show this weekend. It's an amazing piece that can't be captured completely on film. Go figure. Next I'll be writing to you about Jason's t-ball...... I think their motto is "A and J. Keeping our parents on their toes."

(edited to add: pictures won't upload right now. I'll be back to work on this soon!)