He Leadeth Me

We celebrated St. Patty's Day a little early this year so that Caleb and Aaron's Houston guest, Sophia, could attend. You can never have enough green on this special holiday. Gift Bags to take all the goodies home Ducca doesn't often get to be in the pictures because he is the official photographer. Reading clues to the Treasure Hunt. It was fun having little readers this year to be able to read their own clues.   We did several crafts including decorating their own bejeweled shamrocks. The Rainbow Loom necklaces and bracelets were what the Treasure Hunt were all about. Our two guests, Sophia and Anna Kate soon became good friends. It was fun having little girls in the mix this year.  In future years, Cora will join her boy cousins providing the feminine touch.   David was the only one who wore his St. Patty's Bowler all night long.  Hope his parents were able to get the glitter out of his hair before church the next morning....

 At last year's St. Patrick's Day Grandchildren Party , Caleb asked if next year we could invite his neighbors and friends, Luke and Sophia. What a sweet idea from a sweet boy. So this year we expanded our party a little.  I hope you enjoy the (MANY) pictures. For a party to be a success, you must have balloons, and if you think the balloons stayed in this pretty bucket, you don't know children. The slips of paper were used to play the Treasure Hunt Game.   Here comes the food! All of it nutritious and delicious. Well, at least delicious. Skittles for the colors of the rainbow. Grandma's Green Sugar Cookies. Mint oreos--a much bigger hit than my homemade cookies. Peeps!!! Grapes--one of two nutritious items. The other was Kiwi, but alas, no picture.   Green Twizzlers--who knew??? Lucky Charms--Get it??? Each child decorated a sack to take their goodies home in. Imagine having a girl's name at one of our par...

I haven't been too efficient at blogging in the past few months so I am playing a little catch-up in the next few blogs. We had our second annual  St. Patrick's Day party at Nana and Ducca's house this year. Last year, it was just Caleb. This year, all 3 grandsons joined in on the fun. What would a party for boys be without Noise Putty? And I'll leave it to your imagination as to what noise it makes. Lots of green food. Rainbow food We also made necklaces out of this cereal. Here is a necklace sample. The little guys ate more than they strung.   Lucky Charms What would a party be without balloons and balls? In this case, GREEN balloons and balls. Caleb  Aaron  David They were very busy with the balls. In fact, there were green balls everywhere. Racing a car down the slide. Nothing whatsoever to do with St. Patty's Day, but oh, so fun! Opening the noisy putty. Pric...