Happy March!

March, in like a lion, out like a lamb, right? I am so over the snow. Yesterday we got a little reprieve and enjoyed a beautiful 65 degree day and today we are under an ice watch and it is really coming down. God knows when it will end.
I celebrated my 31st birthday yesterday. Now I am down to 9 years to complete my list. Lots to do. But I did come up with a topic for a book (one of the things on my list). Now I just have to start writing it. It will be more of a collection of stories.
Amelia is going through a separation anxiety thing right now. She's 3. I thought this thing happened at 10 months old or to someone who was like away from their parents all day or something, so I have come up with the "Independent Mia" chart. She will earn a sticker for going to her friends houses with no problem, school with no problem, dance and gymnastic and after 25 stickers, she will get a GameBoy game (or in our house, we like to call it a GameGirl). Now some may ask, geez, isn't 3 a little young for a gameboy (or gamegirl)? Yes, I believe it is, but Bailey somehow managed to convince us ( I mean me, he didn't have to really twist Bill's arm) that a Nintendo DS was the way to go and that "everyone has one". I secretly believe that he and Bill were plotting this all along, because I swear Bailey is his father's son. Hence, Bailey bought himself a DS and Mia inherited the gameboy (I mean, gamegirl).
That being said may house has officially become a high tech zone. HELP! What about the million dollars worth of toys upstairs carefully selected to stimulate the mind and encourage imagination? Between the computer and the game systems, my goodness. I downloaded a little time limit program for my computer the other day and I really like it so far. It is called ComputerTime. The thing I like about it is that I can set a certain time limit for the day for each child for the computer, select time limit intervals, how much time between each interval and when the computer is off limits for them. It's really neat and anyone looking for something like this should definitely download the trial version.