March Madness...

I used to think March was a LONG boring month: nothing fun happened...unless you counted the green pancakes in the shapes of shamrocks my mother used to make on St. Patricks Day. It wasn't until recently that all of a sudden there was tons to do and celebrate!

1st: Dr. Seuss's Birthday! Teaching math at the secondary level, I obviously had no reason to know of or celebrate the birth of this wonderful author. But now that I have kids, and have several books memorized, it is becoming an annual celebration. This year we went to a celebration with some friends at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich. Each of the different clubs from the college sponsored a booth with all sorts of activities for the kids. It was a very enjoyable evening.

2nd: Molly's birthday (3/13)! I can't believe my little girl turned 2 this year! It seems like just yesterday I was about 9 months pregnant, stressed about studying for my relicensure test, and praying that the baby wouldn't come early. Well, she did. But it all worked out in the end: Molly was born healthy and happy, I was able to reschedul my test for free and I passed. Fast forward 2 years and Molly has been such a joy in our family! She is the perpetually happy baby (unless you tell her no and then her world is coming to and end), she always has a smile on her face and we are all crazy about her. James is such a good big brother to her and she just loves loves loves James. Love you little peanut!

I surprised myself and made her a cake...my first ever attempt at a "theme" cake. It didn't quite turn out as I had hoped, but hopefully the next one will be better....in case you can't tell it's a butterfly.

3rd: Pi day! Yes, Pi as in 3.14. Even though the actual holiday was on a Sunday (3/14), we (the math department...ok me, Ms. Tucchio, and Ms. Ryall) celebrated Pi day at New London High School on Friday (3/12).

We had a Pie eating contest where students had to find 3 round objects in the whip cream using only their mouths.

We had a hula-hoop contest to see who could do the most hula hoops in 3.14 minutes. Yes, that is me (with Ms. Ryall) doing hula hoop...

And we decorated the school so it would leave no doubt in the students minds that we were celebrating Pi day.

4th: St. Patricks Day! The kids wore green and I made green german pancakes for dinner. They made fun shamrock pictures at school that day. Thanks Miss Hayley!








So a month that took some gritting of teeth to get through has now become filled with fun things to do to make the time pass while we wait for warmer weather and the school year to end....