Erin Go Braugh! 2010

Happy St Patricks Day 2010! I love St Pattys Day! Because everyone wears my favorite color! It's just a fun day....I usually go all out and have "green" or Irish themed meals, but this year I totally dropped the ball. No Lucky Charms for breakfast (I forgot to buy them), forgot to throw the shamrock cookies in the kids' lunches (was hurrying to fast this morning)...but we had a crazy, fun day with the daycare kids.
When my kids got home we celebrated with the Shamrock Cookies, Rainbow fishies, and green lemonade.



For dinner every year, we order a shamrock shaped pizza from Round Table. When I called to order it, they told me they were no longer doing that! We were so bummed....so we ended up having regular old pizza for dinner. Hopefully I can make up for all my short comings next year-Lo and Begorra!

"Look Mommy"...

I hear these words a hundred times a day (it feels like)...It's usually Brody with some silly thing to show me. And so here is his "hot dog with a mouth"-

My heart is happy...

When Gavin got his guitar and wanted to play music with Cali and wrote his own song, that MADE MY HEART HAPPY. Last night Jeremy and I went and did Sealings and went out to dinner-and that MADE MY HEART HAPPY. We got home to find the kids still awake and having a blast with their babysitter and cousin Sarah-THAT MADE MY HEART HAPPY. And today, Luke had a play date with his new friend Ben. They played so well together and had so much fun together. Watching them laughing and playing MADE MY HEART SO HAPPY!
Just thought I would share...

The "Pizza Blues"...

This week, we purchased a really nice acoustic guitar for Gav. He is going to start lessons in 2 weeks. He's been sitting next to Cali while she practices the piano and trying to strum out the notes with her. It's pretty cute to watch! (Kind of hard to listen to!)
Last night, Jeremy brought home the kind of pizza that Gavin does not like. He threw a fit and was sent to his room. When I went in to check on him a while later, he was sitting at his desk, holding his guitar and had a pad of paper and a pen. When I asked what he was doing, he said he was writing a song. It was called, "The Pizza Blues". I was so proud of him! He was finding a constructive way of dealing with his anger and frustration! He won't let me publish the lyrics at this time, because it is still a work in progress. He does have the tune pretty nailed though! We'll keep you posted!

"Read Across America"...

Today was Read Across America at school. The kids love this day because they get to rotate to different classrooms and hear different stories. The teachers and volunteers dress up like characters from the stories, and sometimes the kids do too! Here is Cali and Emily, painted like cats from "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake". Lukey is wearing the Cat in the Hat hat as a tribute to his favorite books!

The last few days...

I do not know this young lady or her family....but I have been hit so hard by this tragedy. I am sickened that something like this can happen, and does happen more than it should. Maybe it's because it hits so close to home, but my heart aches for the King family. And I'm ANGRY! This was a preventable death. The monster that did this should have never been allowed to be near this girl. I hope that this will be a wake up call that the ONLY places suitable for these monsters are prison or death.
There is comfort knowing that she is with her Father in Heaven. No one can hurt her again.

Goodbye Cub Scouts...Hello Boy Scouts!

Saturday night was our troops' annual Blue and Gold Dinner. This one was extra special because 2010 is the 100th anniversary for the scouting program. It was also the night Gavin got presented with his Arrow of Light. If you don't know what this is...it is a special award given to those cub scouts who completed all their requirements prior to turning 11. Gavin actually got it in November, but waited until now to go through the ceremony, so that he could do it with his cousin Carter and some of the other boys. It was really cool!

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