Did you go green?

So yesterday was St. Patrick's day. We pull into our driveway after school and I see something on the front porch. I immediately knew there was something fishy going on around here. On our front porch was a box of these



Some super nice leprechauns had left it on our doorstep! These specific leprechauns are so thoughtful and fun! My kids were so excited to find a surprise waiting for them on St. Patrick's Day. Thanks leprechauns!



Last year for the first time, I made corned beef and cabbage. Let me just say it was not a huge hit. We all thought it was terrible! So this year I decided to have a green dinner instead. I made shepherd's pie for the main dish, I guess it's Irish right? Basically it's meat with gravy on it, then a layer of vegetables, I put corn in mine, then a layer of mashed potatoes. We all thought it was pretty good. Then we had various green things: green kool-aid, edamame, caesar salad, artichokes, green grapes, and green jello jigglers.



Dessert was easy, my kids favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip, so there you go!
Hope you had a great green day.

Happy Birthday Josh!

Today my second child turned 4. On my kids birthdays I usually think back to the day I delivered them... and Josh is my least favorite delivery. I just remember lots of pain. I had no drugs with this child, not that I didn't want them! I will always have bad feelings for Kaiser Permanente and their crazy rules about epidurals. But I guess supposedly we forget the pain and that is why we have more children right? Of course it was worth the pain though, Josh is such a fun, happy kid. He makes us laugh every day.



Baby Josh, not exactly sure how old. But somewhere around a couple of months...



Josh at 1 years old. Gotta love the perma mohawk from his double cowlick swirly things. Most people have one. Having 2 is very unusual. Doctors always comment about it.



Josh at 2



Josh at 3



This year the boys got a Wii for Christmas. Since then they are totally into the Wii. There hasn't been a lot of tv watching going on, but lots of Wii playing, so we made a Wii Josh and put him on top of his cake.



We had dinner with my parents. Josh is against potatoes and rice, so I make a lot of pasta. My mom has a hard time making a meal without potatoes, but today we planned around Josh. We had beef tenderloin, pasta roni (his favorite), and homemade bread and butter, plus a vegetable but Josh didn't eat any so I won't mention it.



Josh got a air hockey game from my dad, it is really for both boys. He also got that sweet helmet he is wearing.






Overall it was a good birthday for Josh. Only one more birthday to go, Andrews birthday is April 2. Then we are done with birthdays until October. Thank goodness.
Bailey is in February, Josh is March, and Andrew is April. I am always glad when we are done till next year...

Grandma Dee and Aunt Mo

All of us have been really excited for Tobi's mom (Dolores), and sister Molinda to come visit us. The kids love their Grandma Dee and Aunt Mo. They are so fun! Molinda is a teacher and it was her spring break, so they came out for a few days. Molinda just got engaged and we are so excited for her and TJ.
We did lots of fun things so I am going to do a few installments of pictures. Some of our first highlights were going to Benihana for dinner, and the zoo.



Molinda's birthday was last week and Josh's birthday is this week, so they both got to have birthday ice cream.



Andrews favorite part is when they make the volcano out of the onion.



We went to the Oakland Zoo. It is a great zoo for kids. Not too big, and a fun kids area.








The boys were in a little contest to see who could do the biggest frog jump.



To be continued...whenever I have time to post again!