St Patricks Day

We read about St Patrick and driving out the snakes. Found some great info online about the pagan significance.





I received a coupon for a free spa visit for St Patricks day. Went and had my hair "fancied up"



Magnets...



Lemonade making....



The doctor is IN....



Liv was bandaging up rapunzels hurt foot...







Ira was checking my reflexes...

Paint

Liv got really into the paint this morning!


Pink hair...


Pink hands...


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Monday.

Sweet boy...



The Lego master.....



Seriously. She rocks. She did this completely alone by following the instruction sheet.




Then she wanted me to take pictures of her new bracelet and hair clip.







My children. Always running. Always.



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A girl and her doll.....

She fell asleep clutching her rapunzel.






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Saturday

We went on a family walk to get out of the house! 3 miles along the bay trail did good. We saw a couple hawks, ducks, lots of birds and rabbits.



We stopped at a park-
Which was great fun- until liv slid face first into wood chips!



Poor girl. Her whole face is tore up! She took it very well. Seems as though it hurts less than it seems?! Either that or she has an amazing tolerance!



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Friday.

We woke up to phone calls at 4 am, warning us of a tsunami. We stayed glued to the tv and Internet to determine what to do. Jared was told to work from home, since his work was in the evacuate area.

After we felt safe, and danger passed, we headed to the park while Jared went to work for a couple hours.

This boy was ready to get OUT of the house!!!!



So was liv, she even drew a map to bring.



Ira was insistent We steer clear of anywhere that a "killer wave" could appear....



Serious.







So we went to a new park we had never been to.



Horse....







Cool stairs...







Kid sized monkey bars...



Ira said "look at the moon!" I said "yes it's shining bright". NO she said! "it's not even shining one bit! Its just reflecting the SUN!!!"



They finished the night up with lenticular puzzles...



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Thursday.

Liv putting her baby tigers to sleep....



Painting...











Then mama had some wall scrubbing to do.



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WIP Wednesday

we are in the process of making spring art for the nature table and the walls....

this is a piece of carboard from an old pad of paper that the kids painted and we glued scraps of paper to....

when we went outside to take a picture, the kids acted like they hadn't been outdoors in about a year!

PLANE! PLANE!


liv begging me to get out the sidewalk chalk!





duck! plane! water! ahhhhhhh



gosh, he is getting so so big!




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Sick days....

We are still sick! Stuffy noses and coughs.

Didn't stop us though.... Here is Ira and our cornstarch science experiment....





Then, while the kids were eating strawberries, Ira said "would YOU like a strawberry?" o said no, that I like strawberries, but the seeds always get stuck in my teeth. She said, "do you miss eating them?" I said sometimes.


She disappeared for a bit and returned with this- she had used a plastic Ikea knife to cut off the seeds for me! Made me cry. She is so sweet!


Emers and liv think so too.





Queen Ira!


Superhero luv to the rescue? No.


Hero liv destroyed the hedgehog, his home and the robot city. And the monchichi.


Emers stealing from the dollhouse...


Puppet shows...





And sweet sister cuddles...


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