Saturdays in March

 Saturdays are pretty busy around here.  It's not a day to clean, shop, work or get ready for Sunday.  (I get to do all of that during the week.)  Saturday is a day to PLAY.  We start each Saturday with chocolate chip pancakes...

...or sometimes we get a little crazy and have chocolate chip waffles.  Hey! The kids need to have their energy for the fun-filled day. 

Charles thinks Bradley looks like he's wearing head gear

Sometimes there's shooting hoops.  I think the warm sun... and the snow on the ground... may have confused this kid.

Or maybe he just gets his sense of fashion from his dad.

This month we spend our Saturday mornings at the pool for swim lessons. Brynnlee has changed her mind about water.  Now she can't get enough of it.

She also started taking her first (assisted) steps in the water.

After a while of this, she wanted to take the plunge.  Good thing we thought to bring a swim suit for her.

Is it wrong that I love her little butt-cheeks hanging out?

I love how babies high-step it when they are first learning to walk.

After swimming, if it's warm, we go for a bike ride.  Or we play at the school.  Or both.

We practice our tricks...

Watch out!  This one's dangerous.

...we meet new friends...

...we eat dirty snow...

...we roll down the hill...

...even if it means rolling through snow.

We try out some new shades...

...while practicing our steps.

We can't help but look cool.

Too cool to even notice what we just caught.

On the snowier Saturdays, we go sledding, make a snowman and snow angels.  Or we just roll up some huge snow balls to climb...

...or to slip on and consequently learn to do the splits.

 But one of our favorites is to have Daddy throw big snow balls at us...

...while we sled down the slide.  Sometime he just uses a snow shovel and heaves it.

After dinner (usually pizza or chicken & fries... sometimes both) it is bath time.  This particular picture has a story.  Kaleb and Bradley love to run around naked.  But this time, they actually asked me to take their picture... and send it to their Aunt Melanie.  What?!  Random!  And weird.

So I took the picture, and pretended to send it.  But then I had guilt issues for lying to them, so here you go, Melanie!  This one's for you!  As for the strategic placing of the shot... you're welcome.  :)

Jaden usually takes a shower on his own, but now that Brynnlee loves water she always tries to get into Kaleb and Bradley's bath.  Jaden didn't want to be left out, so I snapped a picture of this rare occasion.  Kinda reminds me of a picture I've seen somewhere...

Saturdays are also usually a movie night.  We rent a Redbox or browse Netflix, then pop some popcorn and eat tons of junk food till we are sick or passed out.  Preferably passed out.  Then it's easy to toss everyone in bed. 

We live for Saturdays.

Best day of the week.