Hadley's new tricks...

I can't believe how fast she is growing! She is getting so active, she's totally wearing usout...Even when she is in my arms it's exhausting, what with all her turning every which way to see the action, lunging to get to something she can see that she wants, and letting her walk the fine line between playing with my jewelry and ripping it off...Phew! Between the army crawling and rolling, she isn't in the same place for long on the floor either. I love how excited she is to learn new things, and show them off, but I kinda miss my newborn...

Remember?

{Nevermind. I just remembered how tired I was. But I am thankful for pictures. Just looking at this, I can hear the little grunt-y noises she made. Aww.}

The day that you can pinch...

AKA St. Patrick's Day. That's what Hudson asked me this morning, when he was eating his Lucky Charms. "It's not the day that you can pinch anymore, is it Mom." Really. Boys are a whole other animal. He didn't even pinch anyone, that I'm aware of. He told me his whole pre-school class had on green. I guess just knowing that pinching might be permissible for a day...even encouraged...was intriguing to him. :)

We woke up to discover the leprechauns visited us again...

Those little mischief makers.

I love how the pranks they pull are just funny, and not really a lot of work to clean up. Plus they leave chocolate coins behind. I love leprechauns.

And here is my favorite tiny person in green. She likes the gold, too.

After school we made the cutest rainbow cake. I saw a picture of it in a magazine a while ago, and I thought the kids would dig it, because we love M&Ms.

My sweeties. Hudson is starting to think funny faces for every picture is cool.

Sigh.

It was so fun! They loved sorting the colors, and making the rows for the rainbow.

(Hadley lost her bumbo privileges right after this picture because she was leaning so far over the sides, going for candies, she almost fell out. Cheerios don't cut it when she can see chocolate. She is definitely my kid.)

Kennedy made a cute little path at the bottom and we added pots of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Perfect dessert for our green dinner: spinach pesto tortellini, broccoli, green salad (with green goddess dressing) and limeade. Kennedy had dance in Idaho Falls, so Dustin was sweet enough to have it on the table for us when we got home.

Silly Hudson. If these are the faces before dinner, imagine after a slice of that cake.

Bouncing off the walls doesn't even come close.

I love holidays.

:)