St. Patrick's Day

We typically don't do much to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but I wanted to do something to entertain the kids.  I convinced them that a leprechaun would try to visit our house.  I told them that leprechaun's love Lucky Charms cereal (okay, so do I, but that wasn't the reason I bought a HUGE box!), and we used it as bait.  We set a trap (a plastic storage container propped up), and awaited his arrival.  While the kids were upstairs, one came!  We didn't catch him, but he did leave some Skittles for them...along with a mess in the kitchen, the bathroom, and a note for them on the bathroom mirror.  Seth and I kept exchanging grins as we couldn't believe how caught up they got in it all.  Liam kept running around saying, "That stinky leprechaun..." He blamed that leprechaun for all sorts of things for the remainder of the day! :)  Simply TOO cute!

Makayla showing off her Skittles the leprechaun left her...notice what else he left behind?!

That "stinky leprechaun" even used my lipstick to leave a note on the mirror that said, "BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR!"

D is for DONUT!

Oh, my...do we have a new obsession at our house!  Recently we noticed a donut truck set up outside of our local produce stand (counter productive, right?!).  Well, we decided to check it out and pick some up for our family movie night several weeks ago.  The dorky teacher in me checked out the book If You Give a Dog a Donut to go with the theme.  We were so excited to sample.  Each week they have chocolate dipped glazed, glazed, and cinnamon and sugar.  They also have a feature flavor of the week.  This particular week it happened to be pina colada.  Delish!  We then found out that the following week would feature lemonade...couldn't miss that.  And the next week, banana caramel walnut...nope, couldn't miss that.  Or blueberry, or maple, or maple bacon...seeing a trend here?  Ugh...what a horrible hobby.  We just can't stop!  Hopefully next week they will feature something uber disgusting so I can break this weekly donut streak!  Until then, we'll enjoy them to the fullest...and exercise a little more!

Just for fun!

I'm always looking for something to do with the kids...just for fun.  I love to share moments with them.  I especially love those moments where they lose themselves and just giggle.  This was one of those moments.  I had read about making bathtub fingerpaint out of shaving cream and food coloring.  Seemed easy enough.  Makayla and I whipped up a batch in a muffin tin, and my little artists went to work.  They LOVED painting the entire shower wall, and were sad when their art session was cut short due to bedtime.  We have since painted again, and Makayla asks to make some nearly every night.  I thought clean-up was going to be a chore, but it was as easy to clean up as it was to whip up.  This is definitely a new simple pleasure in the Roderick house!