HAPPY St. Patrick's Day!!

I love green day! After a LONG and cold winter, I love all the green in my house! It means spring is coming and I am SO ready!!

Obviously we made shirts...




(How cute is this necklace?!? I have one too!! LOVE them! They are my new addiction!)

We made some teacher gifts.


We HAD to start the day off with Lucky Charms and a Green Smoothie!

Here is the recipe, as per several requests...
spinach (2 cups? Enough to fill the blender)
8 ounces plain yogurt
1 cup pear, peeled and diced
1 banana, peeled and chunked
1/4 cup honey
1 cup ice cube, crushed
6 green kiwi fruits


*Combine the spinach, yogurt, pears, banana and honey in a blender. Pulse until smooth and blended.
*Add ice cubes one at a time and process until smooth.
*Slice kiwifruit into halves and spoon fruit into the blender with the rest of the smoothie. Pulse until just blended.

We had yummy green snacks all day... pears, kiwis, guacamole (with lime chips, of course), spinach pops (froze the left over smoothie) and what was left of the Lucky Charms.

For dinner we had artichokes (son's request/pleading), spinach ravioli with pesto and sour melon slushies. I promise it tasted better then it looks.


I can just tell you how much I love watching my 4 year old dive into those artichokes!! She does great! I LOVE that my kids will try new foods ~ and 8 times out of 10, they LIKE it!!

For dessert... mint brownie pie ~ YUM!!!!



At our house we have made an arrangement with Mr. Leprechaun. He comes to visit, but doesn't play tricks. He leaves treats. Green ones. Today he "hid" the stash until Dad came home and we could go through it all together. What a nice Leprechaun!!



"I'm am so lucky to have what I've got
And if you reflect we've all got a lot.
So let's honor St. Paddy the whole day through
May luck find your path and no one pinch you!"

Happy GREEN Day!

Getting ready...

for Valentine's Day!!

I know it will surprised no one when I say we had a very "Valentiney" day last year.


Cinnamon Rolls with HOT PINK frosting, RED strawberries and a PINK shake for breakfast.

Pasta, grilled chicken and RED sauce for lunch.

RED Pepperoni pizza (a bit of a tradition for us, not sure where it started), a salad with extra RED tomatoes, PURPLE onions & RED peppers and RED juice for dinner.

Dessert was Oreo cookie pie with RED, PINK and PURPLE sprinkles.

I will remind you that we are focusing on the VALENTINEY colors... NOT the carb-over load my family received.

I am planning this years meals now. Well, aside from pizza for dinner... again, it's tradition!

I am searching for "manly" pictures to put on my boys shirts. Yes, I am making them shirts. I think it will be the last year they will let me. Boo. Last year I bought them some.


I know, I am the cheesest mom EVER. I am OK with that.

I ♥ love!

I have had SO much fun playing this year.
I still have a HUGE to do list, but I am slowly ticking items off.

I don't have to say how much I adore The Wood Connection.
(I do. SO MUCH!) Most of my projects (OK, all) came from them.

So... wanna see??


I love black and red for V-Day. Plain, simple, black and red.


"I ♥ U"


Love this Cherry Red Glittery Heart!


AH! Puppy love. Who doesn't remember writing A+H or A♥H all over their notebooks? When did that stop? I had to bring it back and I am glad I did. Love it!


LOVE how these 3 hearts turned out!! I found them at the DI for $1!! (I wasn't sad to paint over the blue and mauve. Not at all.)


I could never leave out the dangles...


I failed in getting pictures of my ornaments. My camera broke. Boo! Think of the dangles, but on a shelf :).

I have slacked at posting the last few months. Need an excuse? I started an Etsy shop (which I have to admit I don't love. I like playing, but add in the pressure of pleasing someone else, mixed with a time frame and the fun is gone for me.), have 3 kiddos, a sick father in law and no one really reads this. But I like a place to organize my crafts... vent a time or two... plus I follow/stalk A LOT of blogs. It is part of my daily routine. I am just fine with this arrangement.