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Half of March

Saturday, March 8, we went to Wow for Isabelle J.’s birthday party. Isabelle is one of Phoebe’s group of good friends, which includes Calae, Kylie, and a love/hate relationship with Fritz. The big kids all love Wow, and Benjamin had a great time too.

Phoebe's dressed up to build a wall.
Phoebe’s dressed up to build a wall.
Fritz
Fritz
Calae and Phoebe at the bank.
Calae and Phoebe at the bank.
Kylie
Kylie
Isabelle J.
Isabelle J.
He might need to get a little taller!
He might need to get a little taller!
Playing Legos at Wow! Children's Museum.
Playing Legos at Wow! Children’s Museum.

On the way home from Wow, Benjamin threw his glasses out the side of the stroller, which I didn’t realize until we got home. Phoebe and I had walked a mile home, and we had to turn around and walk all the way back. She was a trooper! Fortunately, Dave found the glasses in a shadow about 3 doors down from our house. On Sunday, Phoebe left her bear coat and her lion in the bagel shop (not that she remembered that), and we had a bit of a panic when they turned up missing. But both were found. Whew!

We did see this interesting illustration of the power of both the sun and shadows on our walk home from the museum:

We took this photo because we were learning about shadows. Pretty cool!
We took this photo because we were learning about shadows. Pretty cool!

March 9, Phoebe spent some time playing with the soldiers and chariots she got from Ben and Sam Nielsen.

Phoebe plays with her soldiers. She's wearing her "ballet outfit," aka swimsuit.
Phoebe plays with her soldiers. She’s wearing her “ballet outfit,” aka swimsuit.

March 12. If it’s too cold to camp, use your imagination!

Camping indoors with Daddy.
Camping indoors with Daddy.

On Thursday, March 13, Benjamin fell off the toy chest at school and bit deeply into his bottom lip. Miss Marsha thought he bit through the lip, but the doctor thought that he probably hit the outside on the corner of something, knocking his lip into his teeth and making the cut on the skin above his chin. He didn’t seem to be in much pain, and he didn’t need stitches or glue.

Ouch, fat lip!
Ouch, fat lip!
The outside of the lip injury.
The outside of the lip injury.
See the two bite marks?
See the two bite marks?

Phoebe is obsessed with putting on ballerina shows. She also wants us to do ballet and/or be the ballet teacher. Here she is on Saturday, March 15. She and I went “girls clothes shopping” for her birthday and picked up another cheap pair of sunglasses to keep at school, plus a bunch of new outfits. That evening, we went to Ben and Christina’s to celebrate March birthdays with them, Jehanne, Elijah, and Ben’s friends Rob and Ann.

Trying on Phoebe's new sunglasses.
Trying on Phoebe’s new sunglasses.
This might not have been the most beautiful cake ever, but it was tasty! The purple flowers are hard to see.
This might not have been the most beautiful cake ever, but it was tasty! The purple flowers are hard to see.

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