And A Happy Valentines Day To You!

The girls had so much fun making and getting Valentines! (Didn't they make lovely ones?) What are you doing for those that you love?

Trimmimg the Tree

We love our Christmas decorations. Just a few years ago I was trying to decorate while keeping a bunch of toddlers out of my ornaments...now I have a bunch of amateur decorators showing me how its done.  I love it. (Elora, in particular, has very specific ideas about how things should go. Do you like the TARDIS ornament she made for the tree this year?) It is absolutely one of my favorite evenings of they year when we pull out the ornaments, put on the John Denver Christmas album, and trim our Christmas tree. The girls have great affection for their ornaments and love to tell us where they are from, how old they were when they got/made them, the whole history. The placement of each ornament is special.
This year was bittersweet for me, as many of my ornaments and decorations were gifts from my beloved grandmother, who we lost this year. The antique birds and vintage bells that are among my very favorites were those she bought when I was tiny and gave to me as an adult. So many other ornaments  are in my possession due to her affinity for catalogs. If she saw something she thought I would like, she inevitably ordered it (hence the musical chili pepper tree I received three years in a row. It used to drive me crazy but oddly enough I'm rather fond of it now). I'll think of her every Christmas, and be grateful for her always.

Leprechaun Lunch

Okay, so I went all out. Seleia was startled that the "leprechaun juice" tasted like milk, but recovered from her disappointment quickly. They thought it was so much fun to have an all-green lunch that they ate the peas and green beans without even blinking. Amarra, halfway through lunch, stated, "This is gross. But it doesn't taste gross!" And started cracking up and kept on eating. I laughed and agreed that it was, indeed, gross and then the girls started conspiring about what green things we could make for dinner....we shall see.....

Happy St Patrick's Day!

We started this morning with a little celebratory breakfast. ("I'm eating the pot of gold!"  I'm eating indigo and violet, too!" The plate didn't last very long!!) What have you done to make today special? I may go as far as green milk and green rice krispy treats because, well.....I'm the mom now and it's my turn to torture the next generation, right?  Happy St. Patricks Day!