St. Patrick's Day!

We were so excited for St. Patrick's Day this year!!! The kids were sure that they were going to catch a leprechaun. :o) I LOVED celebrating this holiday with all the old traditions mixed w/ some of the new!

Waking up and following the leprechaun footsteps through the house!

Ahhhh, we love the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow-- or in this case, at the end of a leprechaun mess!!!!

Jacob and Adam were SO GLAD that the leprechauns know about Lightening McQueen! :D

Waving the Ireland flag with pride!

GREEN BUBBLES!!!

The leprechauns left little pots filled with shamrock seeds! (They are now growing GREAT in our windowsill)

Ok- this is my FAVORITE picture! Jacob was so dang excited to see green dum-dum suckers! Those are his favorite!!! Not only did he put two in his mouth but he would take one in each hand and move them in and out of his mouth. It was HILARIOUS!!!

Oh, there Jacob goes!! It still makes me smile! :o) Love ya Jacob!

Ok- I probably shouldn't even post this picture. This was a bad mom moment. I actually FORGOT to buy Jacob St. Patrick's Day socks.... but I got everyone else socks. so I just grabbed an old pair--- and they weren't even green!-- and put them in the bucket. He was so happy!! Ah Jacob, I'm glad your only two and will laugh about this someday!!! :o)

Oh know...... there is more.......what else did the leprechauns do?

Nice.... apparently they like graffiti.......

.....and they don't like Christmas! Hee-hee!

Adam was SO EXCITED about what he saw next!

Sweet Isaac- this was my favorite picture of you!!!!

GRAFFITI ON THE CAR!!! WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?

I'm not sure who drew this on the sidewalk-- but I thought it was cute!

Making the pinata for the St. Patrick's Day party. Yes, you can have a pinata on an Irish holiday!!! You just need to paint it green! ;D

One may see this picture and think to themselves, "Did Lori bribe Isaac to put his hand it the paste and help?" The answer..... a BIG, "YOOOOOUUUU BEEEET I DID!!!" LOL :D

Our neighbor and good friend Chloe was helping the kids w/ the pinata. We LOVE her!!

-K- I'm totally going to print this picture!! I LOVE it!

And this one too!!!! During the party we played "A leprechaun scavenger hunt" game. Each team had a tiny mint box decorated w/ stickers and they had 10 min. to go around the neighborhood collecting objects that would fit inside. Only one item per house-- the most items win. The girls lost by ONE!

Ahhh, the winners of the prized candy bar!! (Ok-I'm the biggest softey on the planet. I slipped the girls the same candy bar later for them to split. I know, I know.....)

Ok- breaking the pinata was hilarious! Nigel was mindful to make holes and string the rope through so we could hang it w/o it breaking easy. THEN the kids decided that they could put it on the tramp and jump so high that the pinata would bounce and break! ????????Yes, we were wondering what they were thinking???????? Oh well, we let them try and try and try and try and try...... LOL- for 10 min. Then Tati came running in the house to get a baseball bat. "Mom, I think I need to hit the pinata to weakin it!" LOL- ya think?? ;D Honestly, it was SO CUTE to see these kids out there jumping as hard as they could. Anyway, they broke it open and the rest---- well you know how it goes w/ kids and candy!

My favorite part of the day was what Adam was telling people later on. He seemed to have a lot of fun in the morning... but the rest of the day he kept saying, "Oh, I hate these leprechauns. They just made a big mess of our car. Stupid leprechauns!!!!" *Sigh*

Traditions not shown:

1. GREEN breakfast

2. GREEN St. Patrick's Day bread (made at Grandma's house)

3. GREEN milk

4. GREEN leprechaun pee left in the toilets

5. MESSY rooms and bathrooms-- thanks leprechauns for the extra cleaning!

7. SHAMROCK shaped sandwiches for lunch and wee-little green vegtables

6. GREEN shamrock pizza's for dinner

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Until Next Year............

(Ok- Nigel just read this blog and said... "Nice bragging..." grrrrrrr. THIS IS NOT MENT TO BRAG!!!! NO ONE reads my blog-- and if you do, you know this is more like a family journal!! I used to keep a written record-- but I have totally slacked on that job. And I never really took pictures or put them in albums. Sooooooooooo, this blog is a way to share w/ my family and friends things that are going on in my life AS WELL as a place where can turn to next year when I'm trying to remember what we do on each holiday. So please read this post w/ that spirit in mind!!!!!)