Half of March is gone!!

Oh my, I really did think I was going to do a better job of recording the Bass family history, but here is is in the middle of March. And I can't even remember what we have done. But one memory is I attended a ladies retreat and felt like I was going down memory lane. The speaker's daughter was one of the babysitters that helped David and I survive raising 4 small children. And there she was with her #2 and was such a pro.

The retreat was at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia. We took the kids over to Calloway many times and the Butterfly Center is still there. It seems so much smaller now. Maybe because 4 small children could get lost in there. But it made me smile and I loved seeing the butterflies.

At the retreat, I was able to see three women we had gone to church with in our later years at Auburn. It has been 10 years but it was great fun to have moments to see them in the flesh. Lindy was the speaker and as I knew it would be, very appropriate for where I am in life! What a sweet blessing.

Every Four Years

it only happens every 4 years.....February 29th. Last time it was February 29th, Caroline was 10.Stephen was 15 and a freshman in high school. Now he is a freshman in college.

Katie Ann was 13 and in middle school. David was in his 40's

Jason was 16 and had not been driving a year yet. Now a sophomore in college.

Just seems there should be a post of this day. Only can post once every 4 years.

February was full and we only saw boys by FB

Yes, I am a mom that has a facebook. Without it, I would not know how the boys are in Auburn. One thing I do know is that Jason visited Crackel Barrel during February!

February also brought the last of basketball again....Caroline is in the corner making a 3.

February brought Formal which is a little different for girls. With the boys, they would be gone playing something. Rush in 30 minutes before they needed to leave, take a shower. A little different with girls......hair appointment, time for makeup, a little more time dressing and time for a few posed pictures.

February begin with basketball homecoming......different again as my day was spent driving a pretty little girl in a big white dress around town....

Again, thanks to FB I know that Stephen is playing Frisbee with jeans and no shoes in warm Alabama weather....

Bucket List------Check!

Oh the joys of motherhood, dirty diapers, runny nose and trips to the zoo with kids. But then they turn 19, and the joys become a plane ride, museums, deep dish pizza and Macy's.

I started myself a mental bucket list.....and several items include sharing some of my favorite things with David and the kids. Chicago is one of my favorite cities and Stephen is the last Bass family remember to experience it.

I was taking a chance booking $39 one way air-fares for January 4th. It could be snowing, raining, sleeting or just plain freezing. But it just so happen to be cold but not unbearable and a little bit of sun shine. The next week they got a lot of snow.One of the reasons I like Chicago so much is that you don't have to have a car at all. The public transportation system is enough to do plenty if you don't mind adding a little walking.

Stephen turned 19 and might have been a little old for the science museum but he was a good sport. One of the more interesting exhibits was part history and science. The exhibit was the submarine that the US captured in WWII.

Turning 19 usually does not have many milestones but sharing Stephen's birthday in Chicago was fun for me. Stephen has a lot of milestones in his life. One being that he is 6'5" tall. He is a sweet boy and has great compassion. It was a joy to check off one of my bucket list with him!

Camping or Puzzling???

When I was a young Mom, I read where there were two activities that helped with family time: Camping or doing puzzles. Having four children under the age of 6, camping seemed like a nightmare. At some point, I begin buying a puzzle during Christmas time. Last year it was a round puzzle. This year was a glitter puzzle.


Now how does one get her children to put together a puzzle? Put most of it together. Then as the puzzles takes shape, they like to add and finish it. But the hard part (the beginning) is always done by Mom.




But the fun part is as the friends come in and out, they begin to work on the puzzles. Sometimes there is conversations and sometimes not. Then they come in and say "Hey, that puzzle is coming along". Or they come in and say " Mrs. Bass, you know that puzzle will not fit on your card table?" Yes, I had bought a puzzle online. I bought it for its glitter! A Chicago Glitter puzzle. I did not read the measurements. I even had ask David to buy me a card table as an early Christmas present for the puzzle.


But I keep working knowing somehow we would get it all together. And at the last minute, we added the ironing board to the table and "Wha..la" the entire puzzle was together.



Good tradition and Better than camping in my book.

Simply Having a Wonderful Winter Time...

What happens when company comes, college boys come home and cold weather enters the Boro atmosphere.....a day to indoor ice skate....

First time on the Ice for Stephen...but by the end he was trying to ice skate backwards and trying a few jumps....

Jason wore his Christmas hat and was easy to spot with the other 1,000 people who thought ice skating would be fun on Jan 2nd.

Caroline took to the ice slowly but very well by the end of the day and she had to ice skate after a 2 hour basketball practice....

It begins at IHOP

Christmas season comes and some things are always different and some of the same. Christmas Eve breakfast at IHOP has been a tradition for 5-7 years now. They were all in school together then they went to different high schools and now there are some in college. One thing is the same....there are 4 Bass kids and 4 Newman's plus some extras....