St Patricks Day

We packed up Wednesday morning. We took our time and cleaned up, too. As we were finally heading out I told all the kids to go to the bathroom. We drove to the gas station first. Then had to stop at the next gas station to let Jonah go to the bathroom. Noticed he didn't have shoes, so we drove back to the house to get shoes and let someone else go to the bathroom. The van door was left open and Izzy jumped out and ran away. So we had to chase Izzy down. It's a good thing we didn't have a set time for leaving. No pressure. So why was I still stressed and annoyed? It's all part of the adventure, right?

Okay, on to Grandma's house! 2 hour drive. Only 2 hours and I had a hard time keeping my eyes open. A couple phone calls helped. Thanks, family!

We were greeted by presents laid out for us. Yeah! Just for fun, unexpected presents. Then we ran outside to play. They have the coolest backyard, thanks to Grandpa Arne, Uncle Justus, and Aunt Emmeline. There is a mini house for pretend play and perfect for tea parties. A sand pit with digging toys. A tree swing. A zip line. and a camp fire pit, though we didn't use that this time. We spent a lot of time outside the few days we were there!

We played "Sams Club" as my kids call it. We pretended we were at the grocery store giving out samples of food products. Everyone chose a snack and divided it among small cups. We even wore hair nets and gloves. Everyone took a turn going around to visit the various sample stations, and ended up with lots of different snacks! Thanks for the great idea, Lizz!

We even fit in an outing to the park. What a fun-filled day!

On St Patrick's Day Jonah and Annabelle made traps to try to catch a leprechaun. Jonah's was a jar with a craft stick taped to it as a climbing ramp. inside was marshmallows to lure it and honey to get stuck in.
Annabelle's was a box with popsicle sticks glued to it as a ladder, on top was cut a whole, and marshmallows inside and syrup. They kept checking their traps to see if a leprechaun had come yet. while the kids were gone on a walk a leprechaun came. The traps disappeared and candy was left instead!

The next morning we found out a leprechaun had come during the night. He left a trail of clues leading to some treasure! Yeah, more presents and candy! We sure are spoiled at Grandma's house. Thanks, leprechaun!

We had a wonderful time. We managed to fit in some more play before heading home. That was a great way to spend Spring Break. So nice that the weather warmed up for us, too. Oh, we didn't get to our research reports. We'll see if we get to work on that this week. Or not.

Since being back home we had a day or so of crankiness, but I that is to be expected after trips. I think we are back to normal now. But tomorrow we have to get up early again for school. Time to get back into a normal routine.