We didn't do anything amazing for St. Patrick's Day, however we did get a 4 day weekend! What a fun little break. (The boys get a 3 or 4 day weekend every month. It's pretty sweet.)
I'm the "room mom" for Isaac's class and I got a message on Monday from the teachers asking if I could bring something fun in. Sure, of course I can. I was already planning on cupcakes, but decided that two more projects would be appropriate.
Wednesday at 11pm when I was still in the middle of it all I promised Matt that, "I'll never volunteer to be 'room mom' again!" I'm still sticking with that promise. It's a lot of pressure/work!
(FYI, Isaac had ANOTHER throat infection thingy--he missed 2 days of school on the 4 day week. But was well enough to go Thursday for the St. Pat celebrations.)
On Friday me and the boys chilled till Matt got home. Happily Matt got a half day from work, and so we took the opportunity to go into Savannah and see THE GREEN FOUNTAIN. A week or so before the 17th, the city turns Forsyth's fountain green. (Me and the two little boys went last year, didn't make it this year since it was a cold and misty day.)
It's always fun to go into Savannah. The party wasn't crazy yet, but there were A LOT of people, and most decked out in green. (Luckily no crazy drunks yet.)
After the fountain watching, playground playing, we then headed to Chipotle for a family treat.
Once we got home we watched Princess Bride and the boys LOVED it. Matt promptly got on the piano and figured out the main melody--then continued to play it through the weekend.
Saturday our lived were dominated by baseball practices (yes…. it's started…. ugh). Eli had one in the morning and Isaac had on the late afternoon.
*Between the practices we took a crazy fast trip into Savannah to try and find some dressers for the boys--major fail. Still trying to figure out that situation with dressers.*
We were also able to enjoy some fanatic company from one of Isaac's class mate buddies. I mean, basically Saturday was play, play, play!
But of course the boys still woke up early on Sunday. Why can't they sleep in?!
I actually taught the Relief Society. It went really well. About the significance of the sacrament with Christ's atonement. It's always a special privilege to talk about Christ. (Oh, and Matt is now the president of our ward's Sunday School. Responsibilities!)
After church we just chilled. Watched Mythbusters, built LEGOs, took naps, Facetimed with some family. Really good.
I think we needed all the rest for our Monday. Wow-wow, what a day.
We went up to Hilton Head to check out the outlet mall, and picked up a few things. Then came back down to Savannah and the boys met up with Isaac's friend and play really hard a jungle gym place. Like, almost 2 hours of non-stop play. Super fun. The boys started to hit a serious "I'm tired" wall, so we headed home close to 4pm. BUT we DID make a quick stop at WalMart to get some fishing rods, since we promised the boys 2 months ago that we'd get some for them once spring came.
At home Matt got all the fishing gear together and because of the it was still raining, the boys started to cast in the living room. But I noticed that our back yard area had become a crazy pound, and suggested that they go outside (in the rain) and practice. What a great idea! 40 minutes of pure casting joy. (I ran. Yay.)
And that was our St. Patrick's Day week/weekend. I'm exhausted, the boys are tired, and we all have to get up and go to school/work tomorrow! Hooray!
