WOW, It is March already!

February has flown by. There wasn't much going on in the Woodruff household in the month of February. We enjoyed the snow, but are definitely ready for Spring. The kids got bikes from Santa Clause that they are really eager to be able to ride and they are ready to be able to spend some time outside in the yard and on the swing set. March looks to be filled with lots of activities.

Isabelle has been taking dance classes at school. The teacher comes once a week for about an hour. Isabelle loves it. She looks forward all week to being able to wear her leotard and tights to school for dance class. She is really excited though about being able to go to the "big girl dance school with all of the mirrors." They will be having an end of the year party next weekend at the dance studio. We have been asked to dress them in their leotard and tights, put their hair in a bun and (gasp) put on a little bit of makeup. What, my baby girl with blush and lip gloss? I am sure she will look beautiful. To end the dance season they will be doing a recital at the end of March. According to Isabelle it will be "The Nutcracker" so I am sure it will be very entertaining. This time I am going to be in charge of the video camera and will press record.

We have two productions that we will be seeing this month. Long before Christmas we purchased tickets to see Playhouse Disney Live. My kids love the Little Einsteins. We have about 35 episodes on our DVR and they know each one of them by heart. If there is ever classical music playing, one of them can usually tell you which episode of the Little Einsteins that piece was on and on occasion can tell you the composer. Hopefully they will enjoy it as much as I think they will. We have never taken them to a stage show before, but this is only the first of a few.

At the the end of the month we are going to see Disney Princesses on Ice. My mom wanted to take the kids to see this and I think I will enjoy this one as well.

We are working a lot of big things right now. Isabelle is working hard on sight words. She is doing pretty well. She is good at the memory part. The phonetics are difficult for her, but she is getting better. Charlie is still working on potty training. He is finally doing really well. We can go several days without wetting. The rest is still a work in progress. Henry is working on walking. He will finally stand up and walk with you instead of buckling his legs every time you try to stand him up. I think he will be moving around soon. We are planning on rewarding everyone and their hard work, especially Charlie's, with yet another show. If you have read here before, or if you know my Charlie at all, you know that he loves dinosaurs. We have gotten tickets to see Walking with Dinosaurs in May. He is really excited and we are hoping it is the motivation needed to complete potty training. We have watched many youtube videos of the performances and he think it is going to be great. I am a little worried that it might be a little overwhelming and scary, but so far when it comes to dinosaurs the kid knows no fear.

That pretty much wraps things up for us right now. Wish us luck on the upcoming outings that everyone will be on their best behavior.