Green?

Talk about slacker! It has been almost a month since I have posted last! That tells you how exciting the Richards life has been..nothing more than potty training, no sleeping, stuck in the house because of the yucky weather (besides the last couple days), pretty boring!

Well we did have a holiday yesterday, which means I must make a post! I hope everyone had a great St. Patty's Day, we sure had a green one around her (I am sure Collin wished it was a little greener...ha, ha, catch my drift, I pulled a funny!) Anyway, this is what our day entailed....

Waking up to a box of Lucky Charms for breakfast!

Peiton was in heaven. This girl loves Lucky Charms, not the cereal part, but the marshmallows. Cooper thought they were pretty yummy too and Bode stayed clear (not surprised).

I usually make green pancakes but nobody really touches them, Bode won't eat anything he is not familiar with and the other two could really care less to have them.

Cooper went off to school and enjoyed a great day of fun festivities, the same with Bode and Peiton and I hung out at home, I even forgot to dress Peiton in green. How lame am I?

When Cooper got home there were some footprints left by the clever little Leprechaun leading to a pot of gold!

Dinner wasn't too fancy, usually I put a little more effort into it, but my kids are pretty picky, so why? Well, they didn't really eat what I made anyway, so why do I cook? We had chicken and broccoli stir fry, green Jello (no one ate), green apples, and green lemonade... scrumptious!

I hope everyone had a super green St. Patty's day!

Green, green, green

I think St. Patricks day is such a fun holiday. There is so much you can do and the kids really get into it. Cooper has been asking "when is it St. Patrick's day" for about 2 weeks now. Finally it came and now it is gone. Here are some of the things we did...

A "green breakfast" We had green pancakes (don't look the yummiest), green grapes and green milk.

Cooper enjoying his green food.

I had to make Bode plain pancakes, he wouldn't touch the green ones. Am I surprised??? No.


Peiton thought they were pretty fun at first, then I found 3/4 of them on the floor when she was done:)

When Cooper came home from school this is what he found. BIG daddy leprachaun came to visit. The footprints led him to this...

Cooper loves EL fudge cookies and I think they kind of look like Leprechauns. And all of the kids love Starbursts. The leprechaun also left some Blarney dust (pistachio pudding)...he is so magical:)

Cooper immediately wanted to follow the directions and make the "blarney dust."

He wasn't so fond of the taste...it is kind of a unique taste, but I told him Leprechauns love it!

It was so great to see that I had my own little Leprechaun right in my house. Isn't he a cutie???

{Green food & Leprechauns}

As all of you know, today was St. Patty's day and our day was full of GREEN, maybe too much green (we will see in a day or two). First, the kids woke up to green pancakes. At first Cooper was not to sure about them, but once he tasted them, he was sold. Now for Bode, he was a little bothered that he did not get his regular yogurt, and Life cereal....so hard to please.Green pancakes
Bode a little bothered by the green pancakes.

Happy Boy!

Later that afternoon, I took Peiton to the doctor and when I came back there was Leprechaun footprints outside and inside our house. (I have know idea how they got there????) When Cooper came home from school, he saw them and was fascinated. He told me he looked around at all the other houses and there weren't any on their porches. He was then convinced only the Leprechauns visit the good boys, and he had been extra good.

When he came into the house the footprints led to a plate full of cookies and "GOLD" aka Snickers. There was also some "Blarney dust" left behind by our little Leprechaun. Cooper was excited to see what the "Blarney dust" would make.

The "Blarney Dust" was once white and now it is green...amazing! Those Leprechauns sure are smart. (hint...pistachio pudding)

The next part of our St. Patty's day was dinner. We had a full on, green dinner! Green chicken, green rice, green broccoli, green jello and green punch. Coop thought it was pretty cool, and Bode enjoyed the jello.

The "Green" meal

(It was more appetizing than it looks...doesn't look to yummy!)

Little "Pei Pei" enjoyed all the festivities too. Nothing better than green peas!