not shaving cream this time.

Hashtag while i was nursing. 

THANK YOU MAX:) 

Of course she said "he WANTED me too."

cause that's always her answer.

word on the street is that the concrete is stained for life.

just getting ready for st patty's over here.

that's what i have to say to that.

next year: NETS. {st. patty's}

happy st. patty's pat!

get here already;)

#1moresleep

"i am NOT going pee in that potty." -max

brennan: "leprechauns are attracted to green. 

what do we have that's green?"

me: "asparagus."

brennan: "no, no, broccoli. we need liiiiike broccoli."

me: "we don't have any broccoli."

brennan: "ok asparagus it is.

we're gonna need some limes though."

max:"yeah, yeah, limes!"

another year we didn't catch him!

next year: NETS.

RATS!!!!

brennan assures me he just 

KNOWS 

they have beards though.

'cause his teacher says so.

messy little guys.

 when you stop believing in leprechauns,

you

get

underwear.

just sayin'.

TOP O' THE MONDEE MORNIN'

to ya!

happy st. patty's:)

big brother is watching you. {ROY G. BIV}

day 5 of no tee-vee.

their job is to work on their leprechaun trap until i wake up.

glue,

water colors,

and

ROY G. BIV color organized spreadsheet and marker line up.

let's just say it's 8am.

and let's just say i'm still all nestled in my bed,

warm and cozy,

with a baby snug in his crib happily sucking on his "B",

and two happily sharing crafting children at the kitchen table.

and then let's just say,

"this is funny" in the words of doc holliday.

because everyone knows there AIN'T NO WAY that's gonna happen.

my guess is that max will be screaming at brennan for stealing her paint brush,

and brennan will be arguing with max over who got the better water color set,

and they both will be pulling the aluminum foil covered 

kodiak pancake box back and forth like the baby story in the bible,

except when it breaks in half, 

brennan will cry, and max will just be happy she got half.

at which point i will submit to taking my ear plugs out, 

and chase will be woken up from WWIII that has erupted from the kitchen table.

yes, that's more like it.

maybe i should just be more positive?

oh but reality is just so much more hilarious.

7 days without tv feels almost impossible when saturday and sunday morning come on days 5 and 6.

thank goodness my children have no sense of what 7 days feels like,

and no idea what day we are on,

because if it's 6am that this all goes down at,

i can tell brennan the great news that grounding from tv is over on this fine saturday,

and go back to sleep.

i will keep you posted.

maybe i'd better just tell them the leprechaun is watching on the secret video cameras...

taste the rainbow {st patty's}

"the leprechaun ate my boogers."
-brennan
{to his sunday school teacher}
...
so rude that he didn't even lift up the seat.

he left us green glitter and skittles. 

green footprints and green pee.

and green milk.

...

things i learned on st. patty's day:

1. sugar highs are real things.

2. even when i have an extra week, i still procrastinate until 9:45pm on saturday night to buy my corned beef and then all the stores will be out of it. thank you linsey for making me rainbow jello. it was our only festivity of st. patty's at the dinner table. chase will eat anything smothered in rainbow jello.

3. if you put kool aid into sprite, the entire thing explodes rapidly over the sides {faster than you can make it to the sink} and it loses all of its carbonation in the process.

and last but not least...

4. if you try to say "enjoying" and "gorging" at the same time, you'll end up saying "engorging." as in chase is "engorging himself in jello." and then you will think that doesn't sound right...

OH

and chase is the cutest little leprechaun.

EVER.

i couldn't get enough of him in his little leprechaun man suit.

size 3 months from ireland.

brought back by grandma and grandpa ryan for brennan 5 years ago.

it was a tight squeeze, but it really took it to the next level in my opinion.

 sing it with me,

"fat man in a little suuuuuuuit..."

THE END.

AAAAAAGAIN. {leprechaun trap}

guess what?!

TOMORROW

is

st patty's day;)

in case you got confused.

he wanted to eat one of each of the things the leprechaun 

was going to find in the trap he made tonight.

needless to say,

it was an extended going to be process.

max fell asleep in her crib by 7:45pm while she was waiting for brennan to brush his teeth.

{yes, my 3 yr old still sleeps in a crib, and so does my almost 1 year old baby. don't judge. i love cribs. 

i only wish they could sleep in them until they were 18, but that would be weird.}

we are serious about st patty's day over here.

{so serious, that sometimes we forget when it's march 10th and not march 17th}.

green paint, food coloring, and glitter ready...

AGAIN.

have mercy.

;)

saint pat

"but where are their footprints??!!"

this is what brennan said to me when i walked downstairs this morning.

his eyes looking up and down for little leprechaun footprints.

then he listed off all of the places he had checked for them.

floor.

lights.

ceiling.

fridge.

counter.

table.

he could not figure out how they changed the milk without leaving their footprints behind.

b/c at preschool "they left footprints all over miss kim's fan and windows."

trying to steal her gold.

milk is like gold around here.

so i guess it's good they just changed the color.

and didn't steal it.

made the top 5 favorite moments of motherhood in my book.

i wish i had it all on tape.

...

famous corned beef and cabbage dinner with GiGi, Grandma Carol, and Uncle Ron.

corned beef never tasted sooooo good.

we all raved about GiGi's cooking,

and quizzed her on the exact way she did every piece.

cabbage,

carrots,

potatoes,

mom's green jello,

corned beef,

onions.

praising how juicy and moist it all tasted.

i'm sorry if you are not a meat eater.

for these pictures are mainly not for you.

YUM

YUM

YUM

during dinner max managed to dump half a bottle of salt onto her plate.

and while we were cleaning up the salt,

sending it out of her arm's reach,

she then continued to pour her sparkling cider on top of all of her food.

i swear,

you're cleaning up one of her messes and she's making another.

she wore her princess dress up shoes the entire day.

even to dinner at grandma's house.

and walked around smiling,

with her hands on her hips.

i think we're in trouble.

brennan told me he had a tummy ache from eating too much.

me too.

...

THE SPREAD

i wore green pants.

in case you were wondering.

HAPPY

HAPPY

ST. PAT'S!