Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May God grant you always

A sunbeam to warm you,

A moonbeam to charm you,

A sheltering angel

so nothing can harm you.

2007 Leprechauns

Looking forward to Corned Beef, Soda Bread and a couple of pints of Guinness! I think I might cruise over to Henrys or Trader Joes and see if they have any black currant juice. My husband's uncle swears that I would love a pint with a splash of juice; what better day than today to try it out. Time to wake up my little leprechauns and get them ready for a day filled with GREEN.

Tag You're It!

We've been passing around a cold/flu bug for the past 3 weeks. I'm so glad it has finally passed (I'm crossing my fingers, right now!). As a result, I haven't blogged in a very long time. SOOOO...here is my month in review.

Camping in the Desert

Tired little rug rats.

We love to play card games!

Memma & Me relaxing.


Scout Night at the Museum

This was a very cool event. We stayed the night at the Natural Museum of History and had a fun filled night of activities learning about dinosaurs. The next morning we had free access of the museum before it opened to the public; TOTALLY COOL!


Cub Scout's Pinewood Derby

Dad and Nick putting the final touches on his car.

Nick's car didn't win, but he had a blast! Now that he knows what to expect, he is really looking forward to next year.


Crochet Corner:

I'd been on a kick of making scarves with any Homespun yarn I could get my hands on. I forgot to take pics of the last two I made before I gave them away. :( I'm currently working on a bucket style hat for the my park days with Mem and I found an adorable pattern for Easter eggs.

A Busy Week Every Year

The week leading up to Valentine's Day is ALWAYS busy every year. Not only do we have school parties, but my son's birthday is the day after so prepping for that adds to the craziness. This year in addition to the above, we had Crazy Hat Day at school and the Pinewood Derby.

Shark Hat in honor of their school magnet program, Marine Science.

Skateboarding Hat

Hummm...can't find the Derby pictures. I'll have to post them another time; oh, well. :(

I LOVE THE 99 cent STORE!

I found these adorable pots and cupcake dish! The pots have apples and hearts on them...a perfect gift for the boy's teachers. Not really sure what I'll put in them, but I'll figure it out. I'm going to give them at the end of the school year.

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Amigurumi Love Birds

My husband and I don't usually celebrate V day because he has always stated the case that Valentine's Day is a Hallmark holiday made up by them, for them to make $$$. This year I warned my husband early that we would be celebrating V day and I didn't want to hear any of his BS stories. Funny part is it turned out to be our BEST Valentine's EVER! My Valentine and I decided to celebrate last night and beat the crowds. We had an awesome dinner at one of our town's best Italian restaurants and he surprised me with a mushy card (So not up his alley) and an gift too....Oh....did I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! :)

My three other Love's woke up to a couple of gifts from Mommy and Daddy! I almost forgot Bruno, our dog, he got a dog tin filled with bones!!!

Spread the LOVE!

Feeling Better

My daughter caught a cold and passed it on to me so for the past 3 days I've been out of commission. I did do a little crocheting, which was very nice. I began making these love birds and Wow, are they big!

I'm really bad with measurements and just assumed they were smaller. So I decided to modify the pattern and make two smaller versions in blue and yellow. It looks like they are going to turn out perfect. I just need to go to Joann's and pick up some smaller safety eyes; the ones I have are too big. I also need to pick up some beads to weigh them down because the small versions kept falling over on their face.

I think I've found a couple new craft addictions: polymer clay and button rings. I found this awesome blog and fell in love with her pin toppers.

I think a polymer clay piece of cake on a ploymer clay plate would make an adorable addition to one of my clothespin dolls. I've always loved button rings and decided to make a couple as Valentine's Day gifts. Look out Joann's here I come, but I HAVE TO stay with my $20.00 shopping limit.

Time to go! My MISCHIEVIOUS 2 year old is getting into the ice cream and I'm sure is leaving a nice mess for Mommy. She is laughing at me with an ice cream goatee (I'm probably spelling this wrong) saying..."Funny guy". I told her #1 she is not a guy and #2 she is NOT FUNNY!

Wouldn't Trade Him for the World!

Often my husband drives me crazy, but this weekend he redeemed himself and earned a "Get Off of Shannon's S*&@ List" card for a long while. Not really sure what has gotten into him, but he has been so attentive to the whole family.

Saturday: he kept the kids away and allowed me to sleep in, he got the kids ready and aloud me piece and quiet while I got ready for our Godson's b-day party, at the party he watched and followed Mem, when we got home he played the Wii and Guitar Hero with the boys, helped our oldest make his Pinewood Derby car, and to top it all off order Wall E On Demand for the whole family to watch.

Sunday: allowed me to sleep in again and even later, made breakfast, agreed and took our boys to a Boy Scout's Eagle Scout ceremony, which turned out to be VERY LONG, took the boys to his friend's house to play so Mem and I could rest (we both have a cold).

Monday: allowed my to rest and crochet while he made dinner, a HUGE WOW!

Not really sure what has gotten into him....well, I have an idea, but I'm not talking to him about it...I'm just going to sit back and enjoy my loving husband!

Wow....Am I Sore!

So I jumped back into to exercise mode and was happy to find that I wasn't as winded while working out like I was the last time. Although, I am MUCH MORE SORER. Which is totally good....that means I did it right. This time around, though, I'm not working out 6 days a week right off the bat. I just can't stay motivated; it's too overwhelming for me. So my plan is to do the bootcamp dvds every other day, M/W/F, and sit ups, leg lifts, etc. on Tu/Th/Sat for two weeks and then I'll add an additional bootcamp day until I reach 6 days. The only problem I for see, is that the dvds get annoying after awhile when you have to listen to Barry say the same stuff over and over and over. As for WW, I'm going to first try it on my own and REALLY watch what and how much I put in my mouth. If by March 1st I'm not making much progress than I will probably sign up. Wish me luck!