st patrick's day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I attempted to avoid the cheesy St. Patty's day shirts and find cute little coordinating green outfits for the girls. Not so lucky. I did find these little "yoga outfits" from Childrens Place which although they are not my favorites they look comfy and are perfect for daycare. I am just pleased they were not covered in shamrocks and glitter this year. (I'm not a big St. Patty's day fan, in case you can't tell, but didn't want the girls getting pinched all day).

The girls took green sprinkle munchkins (donut holes) in to share with their friends at school today. They each carried their donuts in very proudly and Annabelle told anyone who would listen she was taking donuts in to share with her friends. They each had St. Patty's day parties in their classes and when I picked them up I couldn't help but notice and cringe at the shmorgishborg of sweets that they had consumed during their celebration. Aaaah, tis the season, I suppose.

Looking good in green

It ain't easy being green...

We went the non-traditional route this evening and took Curtis and Erica for mountain pie at Beau Jo's. They are such foodies, we wanted to show them some of the tastier cuisine that Colorado has to offer. Luckily they were not interested in corned beef and cabbage or green beer so we could avoid the Irish hot-spots.

Miss Gwyneth was in rare form while we were waiting for our dinner to arrive and was screaming for the red pepper flakes. Although half-tempted to give them to her and teach a simple lesson of cause and effect, that seemed far too mean even for this momma. Can you even imagine??? I tried to reason with her (I know, with a 1 1/2 year old, paleeeease!), but she wasn't interested. She just wanted those pepper flakes. We decided to play outside until the pizza arrived and she was a much happier girl once she started eating. She ate an entire piece of pizza while Annabelle polished off almost an entire order of spaghetti and meatballs. Growing girls gotta eat!

The girls have made new BFF's with Curtis and Erica. They love playing with them! Curtis hid behind the couch cushions and cracked them up while Miss Erica could do no wrong in Annabelle's eyes. She even told Gwyneth as they were getting ready for school "shhhh, Erica is sleeping!". We're wondering what we have to do to get this kind of special treatment so we can sleep in on Saturday.....