St. Patricks Day and the Birthday Celebration!

Saint Patrick's Day was an exciting time in our house this year. The boys have to wear a uniform to school that does not allow for green, so I got them these to wear to avoid being pinched.

The babies, of course, wore green.

 (sorry- turn your head to see this cute little leprechaun)

(We got her this adorable shirt for only a dollar at babies r us two weeks beforehand-score!)

They were both so bummed that a leprechaun had not come to school that day to give them gold coins. I wanted to make something green for dinner but after the green eggs we had the week before, I figured the best way to celebrate this holiday way was with dessert. I made a cake that had green jello inside, but from the outside all you could see was the whipped topping, making it appear white. (I had a fantastic helper in the kitchen--)

Of course, all he really wanted to do was this...

and this...

:-)

I kept telling the boys that I wished that I could have made a green cake or that the leprechaun would have come and dusted some green dust on the cake to turn in green, but they did not care. I was hoping that once we cut into it, they would have thought that the leprechaun had come and sprinkled his magic dust on it, but honestly, by the time we cut the cake, they had other leprechaun mischief on their minds. You see, while we ate dinner, that naughty leprechaun HAD come after all. He had made a special trip to their bedrooms in search of a pot of gold. He was a very naughty leprechaun and had left their rooms a MESS!!

(Tyson's room)

and

(Landon's room)

Luckily though, that silly leprechaun also left them these...

That totally made their night. By the time we cut into the cake, they didn't even care that it was green on the inside-- they didn't even notice until their daddy pointed it out ( in an effort to save my feelings, of course).


The very next day was Tyson's birthday. This year he opted to have just a few friends over for pizza and a movie. We thought that would be a simple little thing to do... haha, famous last words. First, Evan had gotten pulled over by a young zealous cop that morning because his tags did not match the vehicle description DMV had on file-- Ugh! So, he had to make a trip to the DMV to get that straight (insert lots of groans here). That took way longer than expected, so he was on his way to get the cake and movie later than planned. Then, in all of the frustration of the day, he got the wrong movie. The boys had decided that they wanted to see Megamind, but he got Despicable Me instead. I was of course no help, because when he asked if that was the right movie, I assured him that it was. haha. Wrong!


He got home and I ran out to get the pizza. He called me to tell me that it was the wrong movie and asked me to stop and get the right one at Redbox. Of course, I did not have my debit card, so I had to run the pizza home, get my card, and go back out to not one, but two redbox stands before finding the right movie. All that work, and those kids did not watch more than five minutes of the movie before growing bored. So... CAKE TIME!!

Of course, before feeding the cake to the kids, Evan wanted to get a taste... haha

The cake was delicious!! But, it was too small. There was hardly any left for us to enjoy later!

But, our big guy had a fantastic birthday, and that was all that mattered. This is what he got...


$20 from his Grandma Duff
Underwear and a shirt from Aunt Gina and Steve
$10 and a book called 'How to Talk to Girls' from his cousin Brooke and Aunt Mendy and Uncle Steve
$25 from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Hunt
Some Beyblades, a set of walkie talkies, and some Beyblade accessories from Mommy, Daddy, Landon, Chloe and Peyton
A gift card to McDonald's (and one for Landon too) from our neighbors
and a Giant Hershey bar from our other neighbors.
Oh, and Aunt Paula let him spend $40 at Toys R Us on whatever he wanted.


He also got to pick our lunch spot the next day, which of course, he picked McAlister's.