bDay bLunch

Not sure what Mother Nature was thinking but she brought Tresa some below freezing temps and a few inches of snow Sunday for her birthday.   I'm not sure if it was just a coincidence that my family was coming over for bLunch on her bDay, which started Friday for clean up, and continued  into Saturday with a Superman vs Batman movie night with all the PG-13 kids and a sleep over. Tresa didn't want flowers or cannoli but I got them anyways.  Can't have too many flowers, and this time I only got a few cannolis.

We wanted to have family over to see our finished kitchen and bath in real life.   It always looks so much better in real life.  Also the in floor heating just doesn't work by looking a pics.
It had been a long time we have hosted a family get together.  There are so many of us it's hard to find the room.   Our little house just didn't have the layout to make it work, but now it does so we made it happen.  And bLunch was a great idea, because the biggest reason we took down the wall was to let more light come through the space.  People can really experience first hand the open space and light.

It was the usual high stress prepping for this.  Lots of cleaning and putting stuff away.  Food prep that I didn't even contribute to.  That was all Tresa.  If it were me, I would've ordered take out.  Although we did order take out chicken from Flock (which is really good, no left overs).  And the rest was home made and vegetarian...mostly.

Lots of people meant great practice session for Kieran in prep for his Kiwanis festival concert on Monday morning.  He loves his violin, just doesn't want to do these workshops and concerts, but it's all part of learning to be a better violinist and performer.
And it is a great life skill performing in front of people.  It's all practice and repetition that makes you better.

So does doing push ups and chin ups.
I think it was a good wake up call to see who could actually do what.  It's good to show that if an adult can do it, the kids should be able to do it no problem.
Being active is an important aspect of life.  Active and healthy.
Active also doesn't mean you eat junk.  That's where the healthy eating comes in.

I think March was warmer.  It definitely had less snow.  I had switched over to my summer tires this past week. I wasn't expecting the amount of snow accumulation over night.
With snow removal contracts expiring end of March, I'm guessing that we will probably have to wait for the Sun to remove this last bit of winter.
Messy and slick.





Kieran's Birthday ice cream for you.

Happy Birthday.