Now that I got that out, on to St. Patty's Day, which isn't much better. I always thought I'd be the kind of mom that would decorate for every season/holiday and do cute things like make green eggs and ham and whip up green milkshakes while the kids search for leprechauns and hunt for a pot of gold around the house. Instead, we had a glass of green milk around 2:30! Ugh, I don't know what's wrong with me, but I really need to step up my game!!! I want to create fun memories and traditions for my kids, but so far, I suck in this department!
Anyway, luckily Grandma Stacey actually has a tradition of making corn beef and cabbage on St. Patty's Day (I never said it was original, but it's still a tradition) so we spent the evening there. The kids were more excited about going to her house than they were about any understanding they have of St. Patty's Day....although they really liked the idea of pinching and getting pinched. I kept trying to explain that we were wearing green so that we wouldn't get pinched, yet Kallie insisted, " But I wanna get pinched!" I made her wear green anyway. Everyone wore green, no one got pinched, and as always, the kids had a blast at Papa and Grandma Stacey's....
What's not to love??? A swing set...
A playhouse and your choice of any ride....
(I should mention they have 8 grandkids, 6 of them are 4 yrs old and under)
Speaking of rides/bikes, this is killing me! Seriously....how can you be so proud and feel like someone just stabbed you in the heart at the same time?! Go Emma!!!
Where did my babies go???
Timmy's still working on it....
And this is about as far as he got!
That's ok....I don't need all of my kids riding their bikes off into the sunset just yet. And there are always things we need to work on. Like in addition to working on creating some fun traditions, I also need to work on taking pictures of the kids TOGETHER!
This is the only one I have from today, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't count!
Hope everyone had a safe and happy St. Patty's Day...complete with leprechauns and a pot of gold...oh yeah, and a little green milk, too ;)
2 comments:
don't you feel bad at all, ok? i have yet to buy xmas decorations! we've always travelled over the holidays before the kids and with the kids we usually still go out of state to grandparents' house...so yeah, i suck in that department, too!
i am patiently awaiting my 30-months old twins to start pedaling their little trikes- no luck so far...
your sweethears seem extremely tall in this photos! like 5 year olds..:)
hahaha, we had a green banana frost at about the same time! I am usually overboard into holidays and stuff but I was just not feeling "green" day this year! Thank goodness there is always another holiday, and always another year!!!
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