Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day

What would the day be like without the Leprechauns peeing in the toilet and turning the water green, or mischief making in the house?  We had a fun day at the McAllister house...food, parties, scavenger hunts, and fun!

The day started off first thing this morning when to our surprise, the Leprechauns turned our house upside down. Shutters were open, the dishwasher was open, chairs and barstools tipped over.  They outdid themselves this year!

Logan's trap proved unsuccessful--but she ALMOST got them according to our observations.  It looks like they tilted the table chair to climb up and then somehow got the Hershey's Kisses, but somewhere along the way, they must have stepped on the glue dots.  We found the paper stuck underneath the front door, half in and half out.  I wonder how long it took them to escape!  Fortunately for the kids, they did leave a present for them at the door.  How cool is that?  Logan was about in tears that she didn't catch them, but I reassured her that I don't think anyone has EVER caught them because they are so tricky!  Each of them got a green shirt, a pair of green socks, and another small toy of sorts.  They were so excited.






Here's MY Lucky Charms!

Once the kids got home from school, we had lots of running around to do to prepare for our first extended family cousins party.  Hogan, Hudsen, Sophie, Bailey, Boston, Grace and Fischer all were able to come. Additionally, my mom and dad, Kirt and Leslie, Casey, and Chelsey were there.  How fun is that?

 Chelsey, Hogan, and Hudsen





These are the kids' table settings and party favors.
In the McAllister family, St. Patty's Day wouldn't be the same without Taco Salad...it's our favorite.






It was the craziest thing...while the kids were playing outside, John found a rainbow paper shamrock with some hints on it for a treasure hunt!  The kids were so excited to read them and go from shamrock to shamrock to find different prizes.  It only took them 10 minutes, but Logan sure had her arms full with fun things.







Then finally, the kids just played and wore themselves out.  Jensyn came up to me tonight and was holding above both temples on her head and said:

"Mom, my head feels really wobbly inside."  John took her and laid down by her and 3 minutes later, she was out like a light.  It was only 8:00.  I hope that she is okay.

I just love my family!

2 comments:

Chels

Thanks for all the fun tonight! Hogan had to come right home and eat his bowl of cereal. While He was eating he said, "I had so much fun at Lindsay's". So good job!

mrs-mcallister

Oh that looks like so much fun, i want stay at your house next year. :D & Do all those fun things.

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