My brother is Greek Orthodox (and our family history has deep roots in Ireland). His patron saint is St. Patrick so every year for the last few years we have a big party where he invites his church friends over to play celtic games (Caber toss - a BIG pole, and Stone Throw- kettle ball) it is a lot of fun to watch the guys gather round to test their strength and try to beat the other guy you can smell the testosterone in the air! They also do a kids version where they used a pilates roll and a nerf ball. SOOO cute!
In addition to this we also have GREAT food by my Mom and sister in law. My sister in law makes this amazing seafood stew (think clam chowder on CRACK!) I had 3 bowls!! BUT I also only ate one tiny muffin for breakfast before we got there, trying to eat less. I also didn't eat ANY cupcakes but I did have ONE bagel bite although my sister in law gave me crap for it saying that I should've had a mini shepherd's pie that my Mom made instead of a bagel bite ;) because they are so chalked full of crap.
We also had a BIG fruit and veggie tray that I hung out by! MAN we should have made my Dad's guacamole (his stuff is KILLER!) I mean it's green so that works right!? We will need to do that next year. And next year I am going to start inviting some of our friends to come and hang out too!
Isn't she the prettiest almost 7 year old you have ever seen!? (not partial or anything ;)
I ended up talking with one of my Dad's coworkers and he was giving me healthy food and nutrition advise. I love that stuff, finding out new tips and tricks. One was that I should get a Lara bar, which I love, and have that in the morning with my tea or coffee. He was also talking about how raw honey is good for you and that they found some raw honey in ancient Egypt that was over 2,000 years old that was still good! He also suggested that I take melatonin at night to help me go to sleep and not sit up writting blog posts at 12:30 at night!
We also decorated cupcakes which my Mom made. They were rainbow cupcakes and she pre-iced them so the kids could stick on the decorations which were Sour candy striped fruit strips to make the "rainbow". A Rolo for the "pot of gold" and marshmellows for the "clouds". THEN my Mom whipped out her artist side and did face paint for the kids. The kids had a blast!
It was all SUPER cute I could show you but my phone DIED today as well as my point and shoot (these photos were taken from my husband's Iphone). THEN me and my pro camera have been on "speaking terms" I need to fall in love with her again. It is just so cumbersome to take everywhere and takes forever to edit things and post etc. I have fallen for Instagram although I am hoping to start a new blog with one of my long time friends Jen over at jensadventuresinwonderland.blogspot.com (she was my maid of honor in our wedding almost 8 years ago). Which when that starts I neeeeeeed to start using it again for blog posts but until then I will stick to quick and easy :).
We are going to do a lot of planning before we launch that new blog but we will keep you all posted!! It is going to be FABULOUS I am super excited about it!
P.s. Libby rode in her first tree swing today at Nana's house and LOOOOOVED it! Daniel would hide under her and she would CRACK UP LAUGHING! It was the cutest and funniest thing I have seen in a long time!
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