St. Patrick's Day

Our friends, the Pettit's, invited us over this morning for a festive St. Patty's breakfast of "St. Patty's Pancakes", "Leprechaun Logs", "Clouds in a Bottle", "Magic Clover Dust", "Lucky Leprechaun teeth", "Rainbows on a Stick" and "Pot o' Gold Eggs". It was quite the feast!!

After our amazing breakfast we went downtown for the annual St. Patty's Parade. This holiday is huge in Des Moines and I think the whole city showed up for it, decked out in their green gear from head to toe. We were a little under dressed for the occasion :) We still had a blast though!

The kids ended up with their pockets stuffed with candy and a plethora of beads around their necks :)

I have never really understood the point of St. Patrick's Day, but it sure is a fun holiday around here! Thanks to the Pettits and the Pfeiffers for all the fun today!!

Water Water Everywhere!

It has been so warm lately that we finally broke down and hooked up Cole's fire hydrant to the hose for the kids:

The kids had fun running through the water, but it was mostly making a big puddle and barely spraying so we let the kids spray each other with the hose:

We had a fun, wet, cool afternoon!

Winter? What's That?

Spring came early this year! We have had such nice weather lately. We have been playing outside the last few weeks and today Daddy ditched the books and joined us for a family day at the park!

I'm loving this Iowa winter :)

Potty Training Gear

Ellie has been off and on with wanting to potty train. Today was an on day...as long as she got to wear her potty training gear:

What more does a girl need than a princess pull-up and princess heels?!