Luck Of The Cibulas

Top O' The Mornin' to ya!  And with that a Happy St. Patrick'sDay!

Although this mommy leprechaun was up to my eyeballs in Teacher Appreciation Week {more to come on that}, there was no way the little Cibulas were going to let me slide on the holiday.  Lucky for them, I  , I mean, the leprechauns whipped this table spread up the night before and left a trail of clovers.

Sadly I was already at school when the wee ones woke up for the day.  This was my first St. Patty's Day breakfast away from home!  But, Daddy said they were giddy with excitement and were feeling oh so lucky!

Jack greeted me at school and showed off his green lunch.  One more thing that leprechaun got done on St. Patrick's Eve.  Jack claims he knows it was my doing, but I have remained tight lipped.

The girls, on the other hand, swear leprechauns snuck into the house and made all this magic for them.  Love that they still believe in the excitement.

There was no chance I was letting my little ones get pinched today.  Look at all that green!

Lucky Me!  Happy St. Patrick's Day friends!

You better believe I'll be pulling out the Easter decor at the stroke of midnight...

While The Boys Are Away...

...The Girls Will Play!

Oh I just love being a girl and I really love MY girls!  Having two of them to share this girly side with is almost more fun than I can handle sometimes.  Pinch me!

So where were the boys? They actually spent the weekend camping out on an island {I'm pretty sure they had a blast}.  Last check-in call I got, they had wild horses running all around them.  Um...amazing!

With the boys away it opened up an entire weekend up of non-stop diva time for my princesses and me!

Let the TwIrLy GiRlY weekend begin...

We started Friday afternoon with a mani and pedi.  I seriously can't think of any better way to get my nails done than wedged between my two girls.  I almost burst with love for them right there...they were way too cute.

Maggie and I went for green {in honor of St Patty's day}.  Lucy went rainbow!  I have to admit Maggie's young golden skin works the green much better than mine.  Don't put us on an episode of "who wore it best?" please.

Us girls had dinner out on the town and then came home for a Barbie movie night!  We topped our evening off with a slumber party in Mommy's bed.  Can I just say Lucy's giggling while she was dreaming made me just about melt?  Darling!

Saturday we woke up to an action packed agenda.  Maggie had ice skating lessons.  Remember this outfit?... It's still kicking and a fan fave out on the ice.

We then came home for a quick wardrobe change.  It was a must that we got as FANCY as we could.  

Did you ask why?  Well...we were off to the Fancy Nancy Show at a local theatre!  We could hardly stand the excitement.  We grabbed the fanciest date we could find {who just so happens to live around the corner from us and is one of Maggie's dear K buddies}.  Is he dapper or what?

We showed off our fanciest twirls and moves...

 ...and then grabbed our seats at the show.

The show was absolutely divine {that's a fancy word for incredible}.  The singing was exquisite, the actresses were darling, and the entire story was precious!

I seriously want to hit every show until it leaves town.

Post show we were able to meet the actresses.  I mean could it get any better?

There's Bree...

And of course, Fancy Nancy, who was way cuter in real life.  I mean like totally adorable!

Just when we thought we were slap full of girly goodness, it was time to head off to a Pinkalicious Birthday Party.  Pinkalicious is another one of our faves!

The party was at the gym and the girls wore themselves out with all the pink fun!

Our Saturday ended with another sleep over!  Only this time it was in Maggie's room.  I begged the girls to stay with me {I'm not even kidding when I say it was so sweet and snuggly the night before}.  But, I think they had big plans in mind.

The only problem was they were absolutely worn out!  15 minutes in and the lights were off and not a sound was coming from that pink bedroom.  Beauty sleep!

We spent Sunday playdate hoping and anticipating the boys arrival.

Being a girl is so much fun!!...but we definitely were excited to get the rest of our family back.   You can only have so much girl time before you start missing the boys!

Prepping For Camp Jack

These just hit the mailbox today.  I'm hoping they will arrive at some happy camper's houses soon.

I have a feeling this is going to be a good one...

Off to chop firewood and other assorted camping party details...

The End Of The Rainbow

Although we are not Irish, we can't help but want to find some sort of treasure at the End of the Rainbow.  My kids get the biggest kick out of leprechauns, gold, and rainbows that I just can't let this holiday pass without some form of celebrating.

{I'm always looking for a reason.}

We are pulling out the green and passing out treats a bit early this year.  I just can't stand the fact that St. Patrick's Day is almost on top of Easter.  I fear my Easter decor won't get it's due time.  So that leads me to push St. Patty's day up a bit.

So shall I share what we have in store for our classmates and terrific teachers?

Now don't get too excited, it is just St. Patrick's Day after all, but none the less a reason to show a few special folks just how LUCKY we are to know them...

Please don't laugh {or judge}, but when I spotted these festive St. Patty's Day socks I knew they were perfect.  It's really not easy finding an appropriate leprechaun day treat.  Surely you admit, it's better than a coffee mug?

Not to mention, they were straight from the $1 section.  Can't beat that.  I wrapped them up, tied a cute tag on and think they make a nice gesture.  If anything, the teachers can wear them with their boots or to bed, right?

For the classmates, it seems candy is always the way to their hearts.  I really wanted to think outside of the "candy box" but when my kids saw these it was over.  Thanks to the Oriental Trading catalog.  I was already placing an order for Jack's birthday party so it seemed like a no brainer.

We printed these cute labels on sticker paper and Jack, Maggie, and Lucy got to work.  Easy peasy!  And they had fun doing it.

So now all I have left to do is make a St. Patty's day breakfast table {that everyone likes} and a very green lunch for three kiddos.  Wish me LUCK! {I do have a week or so to think it through}.