We have slept in our own beds every night for over a week! It has been remarkably easy to get used to considering how long we were everywhere else. We had tons of fun on all our adventures, but it is just nice to spend time with our own little nuclear family doing whatever it is we do.
The kids with matching blankets! We got a picture of them all smiling and looking at the camera; but this one was so much better!
Carter doing his thing.
Fay doing hers.
I seriously love my family!
Then came the most glorious holiday of them all! 😉
Here is the mantel in all its glory! Have I ever mentioned how much I love this mantel?
Not too shabby considering I worked on it for a total of 18 minutes.
My friend asked me what we did to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and I realized I don’t actually do that much. I always just thought wearing green, thinking about Ireland and leprechauns, and having a festive, green dinner were enough to make it worthy of being the best day ever. But Josh doesn’t do anything half-way, and when I say St. Patrick’s Day is my favorite, he makes sure there’s a reason for it to remain such.
First of all, he gets me flowers every year! When we were just starting out Josh asked me if I felt like I really needed flowers on Valentine’s Day (when they are 6 times more expensive than any other time of year). I told him I didn’t have any special feelings about flowers on Valentine’s, but that I do like fresh flowers, and St. Patrick’s Day is my favorite holiday, so maybe that would be a good substitute. He never forgets! I love him!
But this year, he seriously outdid himself! Because not only did he come home with flowers! He also brought SHAMROCKS!!!!!!! Best. Day. Ever.
They are just so joyful!
He also secretly worked extra during the week so he could come home early! (I seriously don’t deserve him; but I’m SOOOOO glad he’s mine!)
But for the few hours he was at work, I felt like I had to up my game because he had set such a high precedent for the day! So, while Portia napped, Fay, Carter, and I made fruit-loop rainbows with marshmallow clouds to celebrate potential pots of gold we might find in such places.
Just getting started. We ended up with pretty short rainbows; but I think the kids had fun anyway.
Then it was dinner time! Josh helped with that too! We had broccoli cheese soup (green) with clover rolls (dyed green with homemade spinach food coloring which I am rather proud of) and asparagus (green) along with shamrock floats (the name I gave to our floats of rainbow sherbet and sprite)! It was delicious and green and even healthy for the most part!
Also, here’s Carter
Looking lucky!
Your kids are all so cute! But we need more pictures of Elisabeth!