Church Ball, Yeah you heard me!

Everything you have ever heard about church ball, it is true! Hair pulling, screaming, scratching, laughing, jungle-ball, falling on the ground, etc. Hey, but we still have fun! We practice three times a week, and we have tons of fun. This was our first region game. Yes, we did WIN! It was like 36-16, I think? I even managed to score I think two or three baskets! That was a miracle! No skill, just luck. I did however, get the ball thrown in my face and foul the other team. It's amazing how "fun" it is at practice and then how suddenly serious it becomes at a game. We really have a great team, and we managed to have a good attitude towards the other team! Thanks for all the fun ladies. If you are wondering I'm #35 (the short one in the middle!)

What she thought about St. Patricks Day

Alayna woke up not really remembering that today was an extra fun day. So after a few minutes I walked out to the hallway with her to show her the leprechaun footprints on the walls. Her first initial questions where, with no excitement at all was "Why did you put green stickers on our wall, Mom?" I said, "I didn't the Leprechaun put them there!" She replied with additional disinterest, "Why did he use tape Mom?" (like, come on already Mom!) I had to skip that question and try to excite her I said, look where he went and jumped too...she really didn't understand the Magic behind this. It was a little confusing to her until cousin Conner came down. He was so excited to see if the leprechaun came down to our house to. Instantly her imagination was running wild watching his excitement. She instantly was jumping around full of excitement. My favorite part was when she physically was "jumping" to the next set of foot prints. She would say, "He jumped here...then here...then up there...then on here...!" It was so cute. She eventually ended up opening the fridge to see that he had turned the milk green. To my surprise she ended up drinking more milk this morning than she ever has before.

Here she is enjoying her green milk and Lucky Charms.

The Leprechaun got Jacob's high chair too!
The cousins enjoying this magical day!
Thanks to some lovely clothing from Loralie, Alayna had a special St. Patricks Day shirt! How convenient!

Alayna was able to go frost and decorate cupcakes with her Aunt Krista. They were darling. We ate green spinach noodles and pesto sauce (all green!). Then we had FHE, a little intro into Easter and then we had our green jell-o gigglers. It really was a fun filled "green" day.

Something I thought was funny, when she woke up this morning she asked, "Mom, what day is today?" I answered..."Tuesday" She said, "No, I mean what FUN day is today, is it Easter or another color day?" I just had to laugh...she was looking to have another fun filled festive day! I guess I need to be more creative!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I just finished decorating the house for Alayna. She is at that really fun stage where anything new excites her. For the past few days she has been talking and asking about the day where she has to wear green so " I can't pinch her!"

Tonight was finally the night where I re-explained that she must go to sleep so the leprechaun can come and turn everything green. She is thrilled about the Lucky Charms, green milk, foot prints, present, etc. I figure what better excuse than to make a fun day and filled with magic! I'll keep you posted to what she thought!

*I have to give all the credit to my very spontaneous mother who every year brought the same excitement and magic into my life! *Here is her little present! Cute huh! (Green playdough, a shamrock cookie, and a few green oreo's!*

*Ignore the dishes in the sink! I hope you can see all the darling foot prints! It looks so great!