St. Patrick's Day

I'm a little behind in my posts, so I'm going to backtrack to St. Patrick's Day last Saturday. DH loves to channel the 1/16 part of him that is Irish on this day. We started out by going out to IHOP for breakfast (LOVE those blueberry pancakes!) which was more my choice than his. Then, we headed out to Fiesta Texas to use our brand new season passes. The weather was beautiful, partly cloudy with a breeze and with a high in the low 70s. There were lots of people there, but the kids did get to ride a few favorite rides.

Here is DD riding the carousel. She wanted to ride all by herself. We all watched her from the side, but she got in line by herself, and got on the horse by herself. She may have been a little disappointed that her horse didn't go up and down, but you wouldn't know from looking her. She looks absolutely pleased as punch. She also got on the kiddie plane ride and kiddie truck ride. She was very disappointed when the train ride was closed down because the lights at the crossings were malfunctioning, but it did reopen eventually and we rode on it just for her.

The boys went on the Gully Washer, which is a round boat that goes down some rapids and under some waterfalls and sprinklers. Their pants got all wet, which is why DH insisted that he didn't want to go with them. Later, they went on the log ride all by themselves. The kids are getting more and more independent.

We went home for lunch and DD and I took long naps. Meanwhile, DH went out with DS#2 to buy him a suit for next Saturday's First Communion and Confirmation. We have both sets of grandparents coming into town for this one and my younger sister, who is DS#2's godmother and sponsor for his Confirmation.

For dinner we went to DH's favorite restaurant, El Mirasol. I got this photo of DH and DD when DD asked to sit in her Papa's lap. So much for independence! ;) We went to Brindles, our favorite ice cream shoppe after dinner. I just love that Cookies and Coffee flavor. DD loves to get the chocolate ice cream in a pink cup with a pink spoon. DS#1's favorite is Red Velvet ice cream and DS#2's favorite is Dreamsicle. DH usually gets some sort of Coffee concoction, too, but he didn't get any this time since he had a margarita at dinner and he doesn't like to mix the two.

All in all, it was a perfect St. Patrick's Day! :)