St. Patrick's Day . 2013

Since being married to Patrick (or maybe when we were dating?), I've enjoyed "celebrating" St. Patrick's Day.  Patrick doesn't find it as fun.  But, really, when a holiday has YOUR NAME, I think that alone is reason enough to celebrate!

This year we made the day a a pretty typical day, just with extra green food, and cute shirts!

For breakfast, we had green eggs with special St. Patrick's Day donuts, and fruit.  The boys all loved it, but Harvick made me laugh - stuffing the donut into his mouth, to avoid making a mess...to bad the bite was too big to fit, and he still got frosting & sprinkles on, him!

For lunch we had pizza, with a side of green olives, snap peas, kiwi, and banana.  No pictures were taken - often, our Sunday lunches have the race on in the background.  And, the boys are typically not in the mood for pictures...naps follow lunch!

When the boys were having a hard time staying calm, Patrick stuck everyone up on the counters while he got dinner ready (they are each eating a mini pepper).  Ryder was sitting on the island, making his brothers laugh.
(Jarrett on the left, Harvick on the right)

After having so much green food, we had a typical dinner, with more green veggies & fruit.

Just before dinner, our neighbors brought over a box of Krispy Kreme donuts...the boys loved sharing them for dessert!
(Ryder and Harvick on top; Jarrett on bottom)

We haven't attempted a family self-portrait in a while...I think the boys are getting the hang of it, although I would like it better if Jarrett's tongue wasn't out!
(Harvick, Ryder, and Jarrett)

I wanted a picture of the boys each wearing their St. Patrick's Day shirts.  I love the ones I found for this year - none of them are actually St. Patrick's Day theme (so more wear!), and all were on clearance (totally less than $10!).
(Ryder, Harvick, and Jarrett)

And, in case I've ever given you the impression that our boys always want their picture taken...these were the shots directly before each of the good ones above.  Such silly boys!

In the end, our St. Patrick's Day was a fun one.  Ryder especially loved that his dad's name is "Patrick", as well as his middle name being "Patrick".  He may be under the impression the holiday was all about him - his favorite color is even green!