March rolls in like a lion licorice snap and out like a lollipop. That’s how the saying really should be—at least to a candy lover—right?
The important thing to know about the month of March is that the seasons make a very important shift from flat-out-cold to just-a-little-nippy. With that shift comes the promise of sunshine, flowers, long walks outside and new places and activities in which to enjoy your favorite desserts! After all, toffee isn’t just an indoor treat.
So, in the spirit of spring, let’s take a look at all the spring things you and your toffee personality will be up to this season.
Swap and Clean Everything
A shift in the weather? That could mean only one thing. It’s time to round up the troops, arm them with feather dusters and Windex and have at it. To the Traditional Toffees, March is a month long spring cleaning frenzy. It’s a time when winter skis and pool noodles swap places in storage, every clothes closet gets turned upside down and large piles are made for donations. And guess what? You and your family will be doing all the swapping, turning and donating.
Ride your Bike
While most of us will be dusting off our banana seats and pumping up our bike tires, Barks will be dusting off the winter cover to their motorcycles and pumping up the Metallica music. In no time at all, Peppermint Bark will be slapping on her pink and black bandana and Oreo Bark his black and white, and hitting the pavement to enjoy those sunny skies and warming temperatures.
Prep the Garden
The retired life really suits the Tortoises, because just about this time of year, they all start migrating back up north from their winter homes in Arizona and Florida. Coming back home to the spring weather of March can be a bit risky, especially because there might still be a chill in the air, and if you’re a Tortoise, you know that you won’t dare venture out-of-doors unless it’s above fifty degrees. But instead of staying poolside for another month, you came back because there is one ever-so-important activity you must get a jump start on, and that is your famous garden. Neighbors, get ready! It’s time to visualize and plan your flower bed and bulk purchase the Miracle Grow. You have a garden title to defend, and you won’t rest until you design the Ultimate Garden Plan.
Partake in Opening Day
If you’re a Toffee Cookie in March, you’ve got only one thing on your mind, and that’s baseball season. You’re scouring your closets, drawers and hampers for your favorite uniforms, foam fingers, pennants and flags, because everything from your bedroom to your garage to your car is about to get a makeover in the form of your team’s colors. You’re working out the kinks in your swing and oiling your glove. While the rest of us will be penciling social engagements into our calendars, you Cookies will be Sharpie-marketing game schedules into your calendars. It’s baseball season or bust in your mind!
Relax and Visualize
Oh those Toffee Brownies, they’re thinkers. What better place to do their thinking than outside underneath a newly blossomed willow tree? Pretty soon, all you Brownies will be able to do just that. Can’t seem to wait for the grass to dry out? Toffee Brownies also spend this time reusing and recycling old items to brighten up the décor of their favorite outdoor spaces. After sitting on so many creative ideas over the winter, the Brownies finally get to put their plans into action. What better way to spruce up your humble abode than re-purposing some old furniture?!
Take a Spring Break Trip
Springtime, to a Popcorn? We’ve got two words for you: Spring break! Popcorns are the wild, lively-type, so you know they’ll be in one of three places come March. Cancun, Daytona Beach, or Miami! Finally, the time has come to migrate down south, swap those winter coats for swimwear and party till the sun comes back up again. When you’re a Popcorn, a spring break trip is the only thing on your mind.
Start a Butterfly Sanctuary
While others of us might be interested in spring cleaning or outdoor exercise, Apples are interested in studying the beauties of nature. March is the month when many butterflies start their life journeys, and being the nature-loving intellects that they are, March, to all those Chocolate Caramel Apples out there, is the month of the butterflies! In addition to planting native species in their gardens to attract and feed the butterflies, Apples are all about being a butterfly friend. Of course, they’ll later use the statistics and data they collect to write a very important report, but that doesn’t change the fact that these fruity, chocolate caramel treats are in it for the good of Mother Nature.
