ST. Patricks Day

ST. Patrick's Day is taken very seriously around here.

It's a day where wearing over sized hats, and pins claiming to be Irish is normal.

Benny and Will planned this surprise under their hats for days.

But the one thing that matters most is the Leprechaun trap.

(photo of the Leprechaun trap for 2009)

Each year the process for the perfect Leprechaun trap starts weeks in advance. Plans are drawn, talked about over dinner, changes are made to the plans and so on. Each year the Leprechauns make it into our house, turn the milk green, knock over a few things, and knocks the Leprechaun's trap over. Last year Benny vowed that enough was enough and the year 2010 would be the year he actually caught those sneaky Leprechauns!

Did he succeed?

Well, let's just say that there is a Leprechaun running around in only his underwear!

The trap caught the Leprechaun by the clothes and the only way for him to free himself was to crawl out of them. hee hee

After seeing the Leprechaun clothes Hannah said, "I thought that they were a lot smaller than that!"

Happy Anniversary!

On December 23, 2009 Ray and I celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary! To celebrate we thought it would be fun to fish out the old wedding dress from the garage and recreate some of our wedding pictures.

The Bride with the classic hand to face pose.

Hannah needed a picture with the Bride.

And in order to make the re-enactment as accurate as possible we of course had to get Ray some hair!

As soon as I was getting the last of my "get up" on I said to Ray, "watch someone is going to ring the doorbell right now to carol us" And just then the doorbell rang! It was our friends dropping off some christmas treats! I hid in the hall, too embarrassed to come out. I called them after to explain why I couldn't come to the door, and then I had to explain that I wasn't PSYCHO!

Happy Anniversary Ray! From your only slightly psycho wife!

Oh the Joys of the Season....

Can you guess the fun we have been having at our house this week?

Yep, we have been hit with a sickness that has made it's way through the family.
It all started with Hannah reaching a fever high of 103.5.

Then she shared the love with Avril...

Who then shared it with me. (I had Ray take this picture and was horrified when I saw it, so I had him take several more until I realized that was just how I look right now!)



Next was Ray's turn. Will's theory that he has told EVERYONE is that mommy slept too close to daddy so she got him sick. (thanks for throwing me under the bus) Although in my picture I do look like I have been thrown under a bus.

Up next we have Benny. I think by the time he got sick he was happy. He wanted to join in the fun activities of drinking as much soda as you want while laying around watching TV.

The only one who hasn't been hit with this is Will. I think he is ready to join the ranks though. He is a little tired of being the one making toast for everyone!

Spoken Like a True Mom...

I have OFFICIALLY become a true Mom...

The other day I was feeling frustrated,unsupported and basically sorry for myself. The house was a complete disaster with breakfast plates all over the table, toilets with pee splattered all over them (don't even get me started!), little projects here and there scattered throughout the house, and me steaming that I had to clean up every one's messes. So finally by dinner time I couldn't take it anymore. I had the family captive, and my frustration boiled over into a full on "Mom Rant". The kids sat quietly while I went on and on about everyone needing to pitch in and help clean up their messes. I then said, "Do you guys want mommy to go crazy??" The kids just started at me.

Ray then said, "OK, I think the kids are officially freaked out now." (That made me smile. )

After dinner, Ray and I were cleaning up in the kitchen when I started laughing.

Me: That was such a classic mom rant wasn't it?

Ray: Oh ya. That brought me back to my childhood.

Me: I know! That is the kind of thing we made fun of my mom for! Now I am totally doing it!!

How do you work this Blog thing again???

Wow, has it really been over 4 Months since my last post???

It is kind of interesting that the minute school got out, I stopped blogging....

HMMMMM, how could that be???

Oh ya, because I now had to entertain 4 kids all day long!!!

In the beginning of the summer Ray would get a phone call at work every few days that would go like this:

Ray: Hey Cutie.

Me: Do you know we have four kids?

Ray: huh?

Me: Really, do you know that we have FOUR KIDS??

Ray: Uh, ya...

Me: No, we REALLY have FOUR KIDS. All at home, right now...

And so the summer went.

None the less, it was a wonderful summer.