Happy St. Patrick's Day! (...and a few more updates!)

🍀Jury’s out on whether or not they’re lucky, but they sure are charming so I think I’ll keep ‘em😜💚😘💚😘🍀

We set up a trap the night before and guess what?? The back of the Lucky Charm's box provided a pre-made trap so this time, I didn't have to make one! Lucy was so sure we would catch a Leprechaun this year because "Professionals" designed that trap and she said "it just HAS to work!"..... Unfortunately, even the pro's at Lucky Charm got it wrong. Laddy the Leprechaun escaped!  But not before he left a few golden chocolate coins for the kiddos. I wonder how many more years we will keep trying to catch those darn leprechauns....

We had our traditional Corned Beef and cabbage for dinner.  The girls call Corned Beef "Red Chicken" and they LOVE it (Lucy started that;) )! They don't like the potatoes or cabbage, but "red chicken" is one of Lucy's favorites! I also always make a loaf of homemade green bread, a green veggie as a side, and green Sprite. Green, green, green! Sully wasn't into the bread.  He thought it was cake so he was quite disappointed when he took a big bite, haha!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day.  The kind of day that brings a warm Spring evening along with it.  It's the first time this season that the night weather was pleasant as well, so Shawn plugged in our porch lights and outside TV and we watched TV and played darts after the kids went to bed.  It was a perfect night!  We haven't done that since Fall :)  

It is Spring Break out here and it's been great so far.  The girls got their iPads taken away almost 2 weeks ago for bad behavior and I LOVE it when they don't have their iPads.  They are so much better behaved!  It is so true- screens cause anger and irritation! They don't have school for 10 days and although I promised them they could earn some screen time back this week, I have loved the hiatus.  The weather has been wonderful and they've been playing outside ALL day long and crashing hard at night.  It's been awesome. One of our swings broke today when Lucy was on it, so that is a bummer- it's not fixable and it came down on her pretty hard :(.  That playset in our yard is falling apart.  It's sad!  It's 12 years old though, and it has held up really well.  Our kids have had it for almost 3 years now and it has been played with constantly.  I don't know if it will last another Summer; it's in pretty bad shape.  I will be sad to see it go and so will they!  It was one of the main reasons we moved into this house!

Anyway, the forecast for the rest of the week looks perfect so I'm happy to say we will be outside most of the week.  Spring- Thank you for FINALLY showing up!!

March has just been FLYING by.  I can't even believe it's already close to April.  We have less than 2 months of school left! How is that even possible?!??!  We've had Jump Rope for Heart, Dr. Suess Week, Sully's been thriving at preschool, and we are seeing all the flowers blooming everywhere.  It's been a good month :)

He’s a lot younger than both my girls were when they each started preschool, but he also needs it WAY more than they did at this age! His sweet teachers are the only ones who can tame this wild boy and he loves school so much! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 

Green eggs and ham day! Lucy was gagging just thinking about it, but Piper kept telling her to “stop being dramatic- it’s JUST food coloring, Lucy! It tastes the exact same as normal eggs and ham!!”🤣🍳

One of my daughters wanted to participate in Wacky Wednesday, and one of them did not... this is the one that chose not to.
Hahaha, just kidding. 😂

And last but not least.....

For a Christmas baby who’s birthday kind of gets lost in the midst of the holiday season, we give her “Pi Day” too. Just a little extra way to make our Pi Baby smile <3
She got a new shirt and a new DVD for "Pi Day." Love this Pi Baby!