St. Patrick's Day

So I really like St. Patrick's Day. I think it is because it isn't as commercialized as some of the other Holidays. I feel like you can really make it your own. And I am 1/16 Irish. I was a little sad this year because for the past two years we have gone down town Indy to their parade. But I am just too pregnant this year. I get tired just walking around the house. So I decided to invite some people over for a St. Patrick's Day play date.
The boys playing in the sand box. I think it is really funny that all the boys where here playing while all the girls ( there was only 3 girls) were playing dolls inside.

I made some green rolls to eat. And other people brought other green things to eat. It was really a lot of fun.

For breakfast I made green oat meal and green pears and green water. My kids thought it was awesome.

Flowers

Greg brought tulips for me. I really enjoyed them. More than roses and daises. I think they remind me of spring. I think it is hard for Greg when I a pregnant. He always thinks I am sad. I am not really sad; I am just pregnant. I often just want to lay around and do nothing and sometimes I cry. But I am not sad. This is hard for him to understand. Just a few more weeks and then we will have a baby!

Family Home Evening 3/7/2011

We started our garden for our Activity. Greg mainly did it all with the kids. Greg loves the garden. It is Greg's baby.

Then we had a lesson about "Gideon" since we are pretty sure that i what we are going to name the baby.

And for dessert we had ice cream Sunday's. The kids really enjoyed making them and putting every single thing we had for a topping on their icecream. Yuck!

Snowday again

Snow days are so wonderful. Ali always makes the day fun, and we love having her home. They decided to make a tent. And then it.....evolved. I think they played with this tent for 3 hours. Oh the joys of the imagination. I was able to get so much stuff done.

When Enoch took a nap, Ali and Shadrach went out in the snow. They played out there for FOREVER. Now, it was around 30 degrees so it wasn't as cold as it has been, but they still did a lot. They are playing in the grass field next to our house. I love it. It was one of the reason why we decided to buy this house. That grass field is like having a HUGE yard that I don't have to take care of.


They then decided to try to get all the snow off of the trampoline. It was great packing snow. The snow ball from the trampoline was huge by the time they were done.

I so often wish I can have more time with Ali at home like this. I dream about maybe having her take Wednesdays off from school. (Don't tell Greg) I am pretty sure that is against some kind of law. ...... I still might ask. :)

Family Home Evening 2/28/2011

We taught Family Home Evening on the Sacrament. About what is means, how we are supposed to act, and what we should be thinking about during the Sacrament. I taught the lesson, but Greg had a lot to say - he always does and that is why I love him. (I did laundry that day as you can tell by the baskets in our bedroom)
We played "Mother May I" and even Daddy played. Here he is doing a scissor step. :) We put Enoch to bed before FHE even started. He was a grump, but after missing the song, lesson, and the game... he very nicely came down the stairs...

....And joined us for dessert. This were valentine cookies that were around 85% off at the store. I was just to tried to make real cookies and this was a good deal.

Enoch was so polite and full of smiles that we decided to play "Mother May I" again. He is actually surprising good at the game. When ever you have him do baby steps, he always makes a fake crying sound like a baby which I think is adorable. Shadrach - with all of his brains- has so much trouble with this game. The boy who can explain physics to you, enjoys word searches, and can memorize anything always, always, always, forgets to say "mother may I" and has to go all the way back to the beginning.

Family Home Evening 2/21/2011

We failed. We did not do Family Home Evening. That Monday was a busy day. Greg had a busy day at work, and I was tired. We decided to do it on Tuesday. Then I got sick with Shadrach and Enoch. There was no coming back after that. I kept telling myself that we would just do a really quick one, but I we also had no food. We were just living off of Food storage that whole week because the ideas of pushing a chart at the grocery made me want to pass out. So we had no dessert and I didn't want to deal with the children with a Family Home Evening with out dessert. (If you are wondering I don't keep cake mix, or brownie mix, jello, or pudding in food storage because I would EAT it up!!!) But we did do FHE this last week. i will write about it soon.

The two sides of Enoch

Enoch is such a delight. He smiles, he hugs, and he loves. People often stop me at the store and give him money, buy him candy bars, and toys - none of which really happened with my other children. He can be so sweet and his face is so expressive. But then.......

There is the other side. He has no patience at all. Shadrach was my best two year old. Ali was hard. She was stubborn. Enoch is not stubborn. He just has no delayed gratification. He cannot wait 1 second for what he wants. I keep hoping that soon I will learn how to teach it to him or that he will grow older and more mature. I am still waiting. I have six weeks until the new baby comes and he is just going to have to wait to get what he wants. i know it won't go well. Maybe it will force him to grow up. Let's hope. I am glad he is my third or else I would feel like an awful mom. When he screams blooding murder in public, I can take it 99% of the time. If he were Ali, I think I would be crying everyday.

This temper tantrum wasn't that bad. But the problem was that this day, this was how he acted all day long. It was a long day.