Happy St. Paddy's

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

As you know my mom is the queen of traditions and decorating and being creative.

As a mother I want my kids to have the same memories and joys as I did as a child.

Sometimes real life happens.

The morning started off with some good ole' Lucky Charms...

(I even indulged in a bowl, and it really was magically delicious)

Thursdays are slurppee and park day, so off we go!

We did happen across a baby rattle snake at the park which was quite fascinating to everyone!

Then comes dinner! yay!

I always do a green dinner, basically dying everything green, and most off the time it ends up looking disgusting but thats really the fun of it right?

Well, half of the kids wouldnt eat and complained and were rude and burping and farting and making fun of me and well, just being UGH.

So being the wonderful poised and mature woman I am,

I locked myself in my room for an hour and a half and cried.

I didnt even give them the leprecaun treasure hunt i made.

I am just gonna eat every piece of candy myself.

And enjoy every bite.

I did eventually give them the grasshopper pie I made, begrudgingly.

And they spent the rest of the night apologizing and telling me "how wonderful" dinner was....

So the true question is why do I do these things?

Is it for me? To make myself feel like I am even half the mom mine was?

No....its because someday I know they will look back and remember poo-green food with smiles

and hopefully not their mom being a sensitive stressed out loon.

At least they are cute looking.....

wax on-wax off

Chudan Cashel

 

 Go-Ji Gabe

Kamaete Kobe

Ta-o-Kaete Tori

Ashi-o-Kaete Avalon

Awkward mom

Dojo Doug

Yep, this is pretty much us....

 So our family has movie night every week 

(well, we try....it's hard sometimes with sports and mutual and the gubes being gone every weekend...) 

But we don't just watch any ole' movie!

We watch ones that have 3 or more...i want to say trilogies but Harry Potter has 7 so.....

Anyways, we have done Harry Potter, Back to the Future & Karate Kid so far...

Last time we went to the tide pools we found this cool log and of course had to do the 

famous "Daniel son" pose. 

Obviously some of us have better balance then the others....

Just FYI....I wouldn't recommended Karate Kid 3...it is pretty weak and WAY cheesy!

We just started Indiana Jones...I'm scared to watch #2 this week though!

That one is so satanic!!

Oh, and yes I did look up Karate terms to go with everyones names...

I am that awesome.

Snowed In!! ok not really....

Freeeeezzzzing on our walk around Big Bear lake!

My Twins

Big Bear!!!! 

Dougs awesome brother Mike and sis in law Dana have a house in Big Bear and they let us use it for a few days! The kids have what has been happily named "ski week" since everyone in So Cal take the rest of Presidents Day weekend to go skiing anyway the just made it a holiday here (well in our school district anyway...) So the kids had off, I actually GOT THEM for vacation time and we had a blast!

Enjoying our Babes

We didnt have a lot of snow when we got up there but they thought they icy mud was a wonderland in itself so as soon as we got up there they were up and gone getting wet and muddy but having as much fun as kids should be! We went out the first night for some pizza and saw "Gnomeo and Juliet" The kids liked it but it was a little to Elton John for me.... :)
And then it began to snow!!!!

"Sledding" in the mud day #1

It rained and hailed over night so they couldnt go out in the morning but in the afternoon we got a few inches! It was so beautiful. I loved just sitting on the couch by the fire watching it fall over everything and stick to the branches. I could watch it all day. The sledding park was $25 a person...WHAT?! so we just found some back hills and awesome streets and did it our style :) the kids dont know the
difference and it made it more interesting having to
watch out for trees and cars and rocks......
Kobe even stood on his sled to
snow board which he did do pretty well...that kid scares me.

It Snowed!! Sledding day #2

When they werent throwing/eating snow we were warm and cozy inside having a Harry Potter marathon (we actually seem to do this a lot...hey, it's good stuff!) and playing games and drinking hot chocolate! It was a great bonding time for everone because I usually only have me munchkins during the school week so non-school tine together is precious as are they! They were all very good for being cooped up together and I'm so lucky they all love each other as much as they do!

Im surprised noone died of eating gross snow...

I am such a very lucky girl that Doug works so hard and that he is his own boss so we can take amazing trips like this....it has been so beneficial to help our new little family grow and bond to be able to spend time together. I love him and all the hard work he does to make sure we are happy and how much he loves and takes care of my kids....I truly am so blessed to have married such an amazing hunk of a man....

Yay! it snowed!!!