Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2017! (Siobhan)

~Happy Saint Patrick's Day~

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone! I know this post is a little late, but hopefully it will give you some good recipe/craft ideas for next year 😉 We had a lot of fun making yummy treats and learning about Saint Patrick through some fun activities.

First we learned about Saint Patrick. I just found a brief summary of his life online. Brandan and Shaila did a coloring page while they listened, and Connor filled out a crossword puzzle which had questions about Saint Patrick's life.

Click here to print out the Saint Patrick's Day crossword puzzle

Click here to print out the Complete the Leprechaun coloring page

Next I had the kids glue tissue paper squares onto a shamrock template to make a mosaic.

The kids' favorite Saint Patrick's Day craft is this leaping leprechaun. I printed and cut out the printable, and they colored it and put it together with brads.

Click here to print out the Leaping Leprechaun printable

Our last craft was this Heart Shamrock. We made the hearts out of green construction paper and stapled them together. You can click here to see our Valentine's Day Heart Chain tutorial. It shows you how to make the hearts. They are so easy and are a lot of fun to make!

(Baxter took advantage of the fact that I was distracted with the crafts to unload Mom's spice cabinet!)

I didn't get great pictures of the food, but it tasted delicious! For lunch we had a homemade 'green' pizza, with pesto, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, and asiago cheese.

 For dinner we had corned beef, cabbage soup, and homemade honey wheat bread.

Click here for our Rustic Irish Cabbage and Potato Soup recipe printable

Click here for our Slow Cooker Dijon Corned Beef recipe printable

Click here for our Simple Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe printable

Click here for our Shamrock Shake recipe printable

Click here for our Classic Mint Chocolate Brownies recipe printable

We had shamrock shakes on Friday, and on Sunday I made some mint chocolate brownies (photo courtesy of Sally's Baking) which we served with mint chip icecream. Both are wonderful Saint Patrick's Day desserts!
Click here to see our 2014 Saint Patrick's Day post
Click here to see our 2015 Saint Patrick's Day post
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Family Car Stickers (Siobhan)

~Car Stickers~

This past weekend Ethan and I made family car stickers to go on the back of our truck. They were a LOT of work, but we love how they came out. We incorporated each of our interests/hobbies into the stickers. Here are some pictures...

 Siobhan (cake decorating), Mom (running), and Dad (engineering)

 Aidan (baseball) and Ethan (animals)

 Brandan (always active!), Shaila (reading), and Connor (soccer)

Baxter and Cade

They're Crawling! (Siobhan)

~Baxter and Cade~

The babies are officially starting to crawl. We've got double trouble on our hands!

                                              Baxter Ean                                     Cade Samuel

Cade

Baxter

 The twins love playing with this apple toy. It was Mom's favorite when she was a baby!

                        

Baxter's favorite game is pretending that he is eating the apple and choking on it 😅

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Happy 18th Anniversary Mom and Dad! (Siobhan)

~Happy Anniversary~

Mom and Dad just celebrated their eighteenth anniversary. Dad brought Mom out on their actual anniversary, but we made them dinner the day before. Here are some pictures...

For appetizers we made guacamole and fruit salsa. We bought some nice chips and some regular salsa as well.

                     Spicy Guacamole and Tortilla Chips         Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

Click here for our Guacamole recipe printable

Click here for our Fruit Salsa recipe printable

Our main course was empanadas. We made these for our Central and South American meal. They are so delicious!

Click here for our Empanadas recipe printable

For dessert we made an Irish Cream Coffe Mud Pie. It has an oreo crust with layers of chocolate cake, chocolate espresso pudding, irish cream chocolate mousse, and irish whipped cream, topped with grated chocolate and dark chocolate chips.

Click here to print our Irish Cream Coffee Mud Pie recipe printable

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!