The Blanch Herd: Photos from Phones

March was great. Here's what we did:

3.2.17
(mommy's little helpers)

3.2.17
(we had to bring a kitchen chair in so both kids
hand something to stand on and load from)

3.2.17
(it's one of Sam's favorite things to "help" with
these days)

3.2.17
(we walked to the park and there's still so. much.
snow!!!!)

3.2.17
(oi!)

3.2.17

3.2.17
(I had spring and fall versions of this shot - now winter to add to the
collection!)

3.2.17
(so deep!)

3.2.17
(smiles like this are worth the standing knee
deep in snow to push him)

3.2.17
(and her)

3.2.17

3.2.17
(a new game of "pirate ship" on the picnic tables
at the park bowery. "ahoy matey!")

3.2.17
(holy moly icicle!)

3.3.17
(can you tell we're in the middle of the two-to-one
nap transition? also - the "double stroller" isn't
going to last much longer)

3.4.17
(mom and cal have a girls day in Logan for ky's
bridal shower and dad and sam stayed home,
watching basketball and/or soccer and standing
on boxes)

3.5.17
(attempting to get a sunday morning pic is going
well, don't you think?)

3.5.17
(really well . . . )

3.5.17
(and we've reached complete meltdown
status)

3.6.17
(nothing to see here - just more meltdowns)

3.6.17
(milestone meltdown, though: first time he cried
when we came in from playing in the snow, rather
than crying on our way out)

3.6.17
(sorry, sammy)

3.6.17

3.6.17
(returned these fun books to the library this week for some others
to enjoy before st. paddy's)

3.6.17
(story time at the library - cal loves to choose this
horse to sit on from the stuffed animal bin (corner)
every week; sam found one he could sit on, too and
well, all the heart eyes)

3.7.17
(this is what sam looks like after smearing ketchup
through his hair during lunch, and then I form it
into a fauxhawk instead of washing it out)

3.7.17
(profile view)

3.7.17
(and smolder?)

3.7.17
(where is my baby boy?!)

3.8.17
(we have melting!)

3.8.17
(melting means puddles!)

3.8.17

3.8.17
(back at it four hours later - post lunch and nap and other playtime)

3.8.17

3.9.17
(we got to google hangout with gregg's parents while they opened
their mission call!)

3.9.17
(they're going to columbus, ohio and they leave in may!)

3.10.17
(today in microfashion - yes, those are swim goggles, ha!
also note the sweet dirt clod action shot

3.10.17
(he loves to swing)

3.10.17
(pure glee on that face)

3.10.17
(poor chilly shins because his pants are too short;
time to box up the overalls - sad face)

3.10.17
(and cal loves a turn, too)

3.10.17
(clever girl came up with this microphone and
podium all by herself - she was giving a talk)

3.13.17
(these were my faves this week - all perfect for women's history
month)

3.13.17
(ogden's weather is a lot warmer than on our side
of the mountain)

3.13.17
(hiking!)

3.13.17
(on dry dirt!)

3.13.17
(I had been following #wasatchlittleexporersclub on instagram
for a while and we finally went to our first meet up - lots of moms
and kids, but best of all dry dirt and a new trail to tromp. cal and
sam both hiked nearly the whole way by themselves (sam had
to be carried a few times only to keep him from picking up every
rock on the trail.)

3.14.17
(what my son's face looks like after eating a
piece of licorice in the car and then falling
asleep on the way home)

3.14.17
(check it out - two weeks later and the snow
is nearly gone!)

3.15.17
(chalking!)

3.15.17
(it really feels like spring lately!)

3.16.17
(sick day for the callie june - I loved her little
curled up hands under her chin)

3.17.17
(matchy matchy green squared - we're not getting pinched today!
also, can smiling sam's little grin be any cuter? I think not!)

3.20.17
(more coughs and sniffles, so no library this morning. but we had
a pile of spring-time (and big truck) books to see us through.)

bonus video!

"it's spring spring spring again the birds are telling me"

3.20.17

3.20.17
(nap time treat for me - reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon
and loving it)

3.20.17
(cal got some fun "get well" mail - with stickers! -
from Grandma Blanchard. totally cheered up this
girl and her momma on a lingering sickie day.)