St. Patrick's Day

I know people think we're retarded (I know because I have a husband and two brothers-in-law who said so several times today) because we like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day as if it were a major holiday. Also because we celebrate it preschool style (no beer, just lots of stuff colored green and decorated with leprechauns). We all love it though, and they were silly enough to marry us, so they're stuck.

My brother was supposed to fly in from Virginia tonight so we had planned a party around his being here, but when he didn't end up coming because he's been sick, we had the party without him.

First the little kids had a treasure hunt with Auntie Carrie (I took a video but it is too big to post). At the end they found a tree with gold medallion necklaces hanging from the branches and bags of chocolate gold underneath.


Then we ate dinner...

Corned beef and cabbage, green mashed potatoes (Andy said these looked like the goop on Better off Dead and were taking things too far), and green beans.

Pistachio pudding. My favorite.

The obligatory green jello.

And then we hung out for a bit. Here are some of the shots I liked:

The kids watching Barbie.

Curtis and McKenna.

My little lucky charm.

Riah and Carrie were holding babies and sitting on the stairs. Fias felt left out and joined them.

Two of my three loveys.

The girls.

Curtis and Calvin in their John Deere green.

Little imps, Maria, Aby, and Aysha, in their sassy green socks.

Eexersaucer

Today we pulled out Calvin's old Exersaucer and tried it out on the girl. She did pretty well in it and was transfixed by all of the bright toys.

Calvin called it the robot and insisted on sitting in it, even though he's clearly too big. We traded off between the two of them for most of the night.

(Do we know how to have a good time, or what?)

Project Day Two

Today the boys started to assemble the new play set. This was taken at 2pm right before we went in and took a nap.

This was taken at 7pm. It's hard to believe it's even the same day.

Andy, tired after a long day of work, got pounced by the kids as soon as he walked through the door.

Deconstruction

Ever since we bought this house we've been planning to change some things in the yard. Today was the deconstruction of the play set. We thought the boy would freak out, but he took things surprisingly well. Here were a few shots of the demolition.

Calvin in his little fort (this was right before the panel slipped and smashed him). My brother-in-law Jared is on top, Andy's hiding behind.

A Cute boy peeking through the panels.

Hiding in the garden boxes we removed.

Checking out the ladder.

A day full of work for our little manly man.

New Ways to Use a Diaper

Today we took the girl out for her first walk. It was a decently warm day, but we bundled her up well. She loved looking at everything we passed and seemed content the entire time. (This picture reminds me of the other day when Andy told me seeing me with makeup these days has become as rare as sighting a unicorn or a leprechaun. He grows weary of my promises that someday when I can finally sleep and exercise I promise I'll be pretty again.)

In other news the boy has developed a new persona. He likes to run around the house like this calling himself "Diaper Head" saying "Calvin so funny!" He thinks he is hilarious.