Three, three, one! Kira, Karter, Adalee! Where does the time go? Some days feel like they take a year to go by but 3 years have disappeared and left my three kiddos all grown up... Sort of. :-)
Having THREE March birthdays gives me the opportunity to have ONE big birthday bash! Since Kyle's day off happened to fall on the day before St Patricks Day, I decided to use that to our advantage and have a St. Patty's Day theme party! Green, Green, everywhere!
This all sounded fine and dandy.... until I started shopping for decorations for the party! Apparently St. Patty's Day seems to be slipping under the radar in these parts(unless you're a regular at the local bar scene). I had to shop at 4 different stores, in 3 different counties, to accumulate the decor and party favors for today's shindig! And I wasn't even able to find everything I wanted(clover cookie cutters are unheard of!!!!)
Anywho, despite my stress shopping for the big day, we had a perfect turn out! The kids got a whole new Summer wardrobe and enough bubbles/paints/chalk/coloring books to last a WHILE and our friends and family very generously contributed almost half of the cost of the new swing set we're ordering this week!!! What a wonderful birthday gift, that they will be able to enjoy for the next 10 years or more!!!!!! I'm feeling so blessed and completely in awe at how many special people we are lucky to have in our lives! Such an amazing day! I think I'm going to make the St. Patty's Party a yearly event! Next year will be much MUCH more planned out though! :-)
This all sounded fine and dandy.... until I started shopping for decorations for the party! Apparently St. Patty's Day seems to be slipping under the radar in these parts(unless you're a regular at the local bar scene). I had to shop at 4 different stores, in 3 different counties, to accumulate the decor and party favors for today's shindig! And I wasn't even able to find everything I wanted(clover cookie cutters are unheard of!!!!)
Anywho, despite my stress shopping for the big day, we had a perfect turn out! The kids got a whole new Summer wardrobe and enough bubbles/paints/chalk/coloring books to last a WHILE and our friends and family very generously contributed almost half of the cost of the new swing set we're ordering this week!!! What a wonderful birthday gift, that they will be able to enjoy for the next 10 years or more!!!!!! I'm feeling so blessed and completely in awe at how many special people we are lucky to have in our lives! Such an amazing day! I think I'm going to make the St. Patty's Party a yearly event! Next year will be much MUCH more planned out though! :-)