Redd's Firist St. Patty's

 I am obsessed! Look at that little Leprechaun!!!!!!!! This blue eyed boy was so dang sweet while we took these. All smiles and dimples. 

 We are not even close to sitting up. He's so happy he just curls up in a ball and tips right over. 

 Oh sweet boy!!!! We are so lucky to have you!

And one of my fav behind the scene shots, because it takes forever to set these silly things up but it's so worth it. It was a low key, non existent St. Patty's but this boy got a photo shoot and that made it special! Redd you are so loved!

St. Patty's Day Feast

We got to get together with some friends for St. Patty's Day weekend and it was amazing! I know I keep saying it but we have the greatest friends here! Our new ward is beyond friendly and there are soooo many young families which is AWESOME! I love that the kids have friends to play with and we seriously lucked out in the friend department! Also, unlike our previous ward, all of these couples own homes in the ward so we get to keep them for awhile! SCORE!

Anna made some "traditional" Irish food, and it was DELICIOUS!!!

The kids played and played and played and Duke and Cash were super cute together! Jakob was a big fan of Cash and Cash liked to snuggle with Jakob, He looks like he could be one of ours right? It was a fun evening! Here's so more evenings with friends and beautiful weather!

St. Patty's Parade

 St. Patty's was pretty low key. I called up Hattie and asked her if she has any plans and she said that there was a parade going on. We were SO there! I packed up some toys, a few blankets and some bags to catch candy and we were off. 

Alli met us there and we all just hung out. The parade was huge, there were a few fun groups, lots of bands, fire trucks and my favorite... Ren Fair!!! Woot Woot! 

I had Gretta, E and Duke while Hattie and Alli only had one child each which was a bit wild. G sat nicely and I figured once Duke got some candy he would sit nice too... I was wrong. There wasn't a single piece of candy thrown! Who has a parade without candy?!?!? So about half way through Duke got strapped into the stroller since he was a flight risk and G got out. 

Then these two got bored but they were happily playing together. 

Sweet little Ivy.

And this sweet boy was OUT! It was a nice parade.... really long (like an hour and a half.) Next year I will be bringing some candy!! Happy St. Patty's friends!

Our Leprechaun Lucky

One morning the kiddos woke up to a letter from a mysterious guest. We had a leprechaun! I have been wanting to do this since our first year with Eli the Elf. 

Our leprechaun was going to play tricks but we decided to make some crafts.

I think this is one of my favorite crafts so far! E's hand is just so stinking cute!!!

The kids woke up to their first prank. Lucky had left the shampoo in the fridge an put the ketchup in the shower!!!

E thought we should make "a leaf" to give lucky. So we made a shamrock.

E was really good about taping the pieces together but wanted nothing to do with pictures since it was for Lucky. 

The next day Lucky turned the kids juice green!! (It's usually yellow.) E was a bit skeptical but it tasted really yummy. 

What goes better with juice than  shamrock shaped pancakes that are dyed green?

The next day Lucky turned all of our chairs upside down!

The day after that Lucky had to go potty in the middle of the night. 

E now asks what color everyone pee is. Funny thing (warning TMI!) is two day later I had to take some drugs that turned my pee red. Poor girl is super confused she really wants to make her pee turn blue. I'm super tempted to drop a few drop of dye to the water next time she goes but I think he mind would explode. 

That day we decided to make a trap to see if we could catch Lucky. E put the stickers on, helped me glue the ladder and helped put the rainbow together. That girls loves sparkly shamrocks and rainbows.

Oh and of course we had to have some gold to draw Lucky in!

We set out our trap but Lucky got away. That is one smart Leprechaun. We didn't get her pot of gold but she left us some lucky charms and the shamrock we made for her.

E was a big fan of the lucky charms! It was a fun St. Patty's and I am looking forward to having Lucky come back to visit us again!