Happy St. Paddy's Day!

What a fun weekend we had.  The weather was just beautiful and we definitely took advantage of it. 

Tuesday night the Hawkeyes played and we had Jake, Erin and Peyton over to play.  The kids played outside, then brought their energy inside taking turns jumping off of the couch.  Peyton wasn't so sure at first, but after a few minutes of watching Henry and Hannah she took her first leap off!

Girls jumping on the couch.  Love the picture below of Peyton just landing and Hannah mid-air!

Then on Friday we took a half day to celebrate Erin's birthday.  We ate downtown at Dos Rios on the outside patio, then hit up a beer garden for the afternoon.  It was just glorious!!  We left in time to pick up the kids from daycare and head over to Jake and Erin's to grill out and continue the festivities.

We played and played outside.  Henry loved the tball. 

How amazing is this - all three girls looking at the camera.  The funniest thing about this picture is we didn't even have to set them there.  I just nicely asked them all to sit on the steps.  Georgia listened first and then the other two followed.  It was awesome!!

Supper time!

Saturday morning we packed up the kids and headed to downtown Des Moines for the annual St. Paddy's Day parade. 

The kids had a little picnic before the parade started.  We learned pretty quickly that the kids didn't quite have the attention span for the parade (and neither did the adults).  There was no candy thrown, which we have no learned is a city ordinance.  So after about 30 minutes we decided to walk around downtown for a bit and then head back home. 

Hannah got some beads personally placed around her neck from a parade goer.  Pretty cute!

After the parade Henry and I drove to Newton for his friend Drew's 2nd birthday party.  My friend Abby from college threw Drew an Elmo themed party.  It was so much fun to watch Henry run around with all the kids.  It took him about the first hour of the party to warm up, but once the toys came out he warmed up quickly.  Andy stayed home with Hannah while she took a marathon 4 hour nap!!  Glad I made the last minute decision not to wake her up and bring her along...

We headed home and were just zonked.  It was a great two days, but with just one 30 minute nap for Henry, and all of that fun, it created quite the monster.  Several tantrums, very whiny, and not good listening.  Today after a trip to the zoo Henry and Hannah both took 3 hour naps and they are still ready for bed tonight.  Tired kids!!

Great weekend - So happy it is finally warm out again!!