Ethan, So Sauve

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St. Patrick's Day Craft

 We were GOING to make these cute shamrocks with tissue paper...but as I was drawing the shamrocks, the kids started coloring.

 They seemed so happy with the crayons and glitter stickers (ugh, WHY do I do that to myself?  Glitter stickers are SO MESSY!)...that I figured, why try and improve what is already going good?

 The kids colored and designed for a good 30 minutes.

 SCORE ONE FOR ME!

In case you were wondering how to make an awesome shamrock:  draw 4 hearts, in a square shape.  Great Shamrock (for my babies) every time!

Before and After

Jackson got a hair cut today.  It is the shortest its ever been since he was a BALD BABY.  He looks very handsome and is SO EXCITED to get to have spiky hair and a mohawk!
It always amazes me how different a haircut can make a person look!

Picture of the faux hawk to come soon (maybe we will do it tomorrow?)

Adventures In Cloth Diapering

Yes, yes, I know Dr. Seuss' actual birthday was a few days ago...but it was Dr. Seuss WEEK at Brennan's school, so I'm not too late in posting my photo of the day today ;)
Isn't that the cutest booty bum around?  Yes, I think it is...
Oh, and this baby has got BACK!  His ba-dunk-a-dunk is pumped up.
So, while we still mostly cloth diaper during the day (disposable at night...easier and way less stinky), he wears his fair share of disposables so that he can fit into his jeans...though a few of my diapers are slim enough (and also absorbent enough) to work.
We all know I am a jeans kind of girl/mom/wife, so OF COURSE my boys will be jeans boys (dark wash to be exact, though Brennan thinks light wash are the way to go...but he does not BUY his clothes so he only has one pair of those, but I digress)...even if that means that some of my adventures in cloth diapering including figuring out which diaper stuff which way will fit under the denim bits of heaven gracing his backside.

OLD?

We went to Burger King today.
Not because it was a crappy weather day and we couldn't go to the zoo (we were going to and it was a gorgeous day)  but because I just didn't have the energy to deal with the kids there.  It was a long night and the zoo went from seeming like a great plan to a horrid one.

We were along at Burger King in the play land and that was perfect for me.
No awkward small talk, not other kids to worry about bulling my kids, etc.

So...it was all going great until...


Ethan figures out how to climb UP the tunnel...but can't get DOWN the tunnel (thankfully this was as I was about to call the kids to get their shoes on).

So, I got to climb up the tunnel to literally THROW Ethan down the slide at the other end.
Why do kids think those tunnels are fun?  They are tight and hot and stink (cause E had "yucky poopoo Mama") and hurt your knees.

OR am I just getting old?