St. Patty's Day

Joseph is really the domestic one in our family, so this morning he got up and made such a fun breakfast for us! Well, really mostly for him and Emily since Caleb is a crybaby and had to go back to bed before breakfast and I went running.
Green eggs, green pancakes, green drink (we didn't really drink that - we had milk) and green kiwis (not pictured). Emily thought it was the best thing in the world. She ate way more than she normally does. Caleb also thought it was awesome when he woke up and ate an entire one of my pancakes slathered in whipped cream and maple syrup. He is a bottomless pit if there's enough sugar in his food.

Later Joseph was invited to play Risk with some of the other guys in our complex. It is Spring Break right now so a lot of people are home. Since Risk is really not a family activity (it pits spouses against each other and has way too many small pieces for kids), Emily, Caleb, and I went to the library and then played outside with some of the neighborhood kids.

After naps we decided to grill some chicken for dinner so we headed down to the little gazebo area near our apartment. The food was so good and the kids burned a lot of energy. We had Emily running around in circles just for the fun of it by the end.

Here is Mr. Serious. He has such a great smile and laughs a lot when he has reason to, but otherwise his face is always very serious and contemplative. Like in this picture. Even though he's at the funnest barbecue in the world, he is not being tickled or chased so it is a serious affair.


Emily took a liking to the potato wedges and dumped the whole bag on her plate. That alone is probably more than an entire daily allotment of toddler calories. She really only ended up eating one or two.


These s'mores were the greatest things in the whole world. Chocolate bars were expensive so we used the chocolate covered grahams that Keebler makes and the kids loved it. Caleb must have eaten his entire body weight in cookies. Emily loved watching Joseph roast the marshmallows. I loved eating the gooey-ness. I think this picture is funny because of how full Emily's mouth is. She can barely close it!

It was such a fun day! We love when Joseph stays home!