Happy St. Patrick's Day

We hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day. Alex had to change shirts when he realized wasn't wearing any green. Of course, they each had to pinch me this morning since my PJs are black and red. We had green milk on our cereal. Amazingly, there weren't any comments wondering why it didn't taste different. Usually they ask me every year.

Benjamin is taking full advantage of his new tummy. Since all the holes are closed, he doesn't have to wear such a huge diaper and pad. Previously, he always had to have elastic around his waist to help hold everything in place. Lately, he looks like this much of the time...

Practically, every night, he starts tugging at his shirt and chanting shirt, shirt. He wants it off. Next are socks, socks. Sometimes he wants his pants on and other times those come off also. We're happy to accommodate him after 2 years of restrictions.

The kids had a nice spring break. We went to the jumpy place on Monday, Emma had a play date on Wednesday and we went to the rodeo on Thursday. It was a little cool and very breezy at the rodeo, but the kids still enjoyed walking around the carnival. Of course, they were tempted by all the greasy food, but fortunately, I was almost out of cash by that point. Alex and Emma played a fair game against each other twice and each won stuffed animals. Emma's animal is her new favorite, a pastel dog named Easter. Alex also did some rock climbing at the fair. He is like a little mountain goat! I started asking him if he would like to have a rock climbing birthday party. There is a place here that allows one hour of rock climbing and the rates are very reasonable. He's still thinking about it which is OK since his birthday isn't for 2 more months.

Sean had a good trip to Colorado. The return trip was much smoother. Everything was right on time. It's nice to have him home. He had extra duties yesterday since I was running a fever most of the day. Thanks for taking care of things, Babe!