Happy St. Patty's Day!

Being that I am part Irish, I LOVE St. Patrick's Day!

I couldn't wait to celebrate it today!
(Who am I kidding? I love any holiday or excuse to be festive!)

Here is how we celebrated this evening for St. Patty's Day 2010:

My Irish girls in green playing outside in the glorious 75 degree weather at 6 pm:
Kate was ALL about St. Ptty's Day.
She told me "Happy St. Patty's Day" about 50 times today.
And, she was so excited that everyone was wearing green today.
She may or may not have been upset that the dog wasn't wearing green.
Coloring Shamrock's:

I am not a fan of corned beef & cabbage, so here is my spin on St Patty's Day Dinner:

On the menu:

Guinness Stew from my friend Jen. Made in a crock pot (so easy!)
She hasn't posted the recipe on her blog, but she should (hint, hint)
Smashed & Loaded Red Potatoes (just kind of made them up...red potatoes with skins on, mashed with sour cream, green onions, bacon, milk & cheddar cheese. YUM!)
*side note* you can add green food dye to the potatoes, but because of last year on St. Patty's Day I didn't want to sway Kate from eating them.

Broccoli (because it is green)
Irish Soda Bread (recipe found here)
The entire meal in a pasta bowl:
Rainbow Cupcakes (for the girls)
Cupcake recipe found here.
Nom, Nom.
And of course, Green Beer!
Hope you had a great St. Patty's Day!

I am ending my night by filling out my March Madness Bracket!
Can't wait for the games to start tomorrow!

Here Comes the Sun

Claire's ready for Spring, are you?

I am especially excited about the forecast this week:
High's in the mid-70's?

Yes, Please!
Time to bust out the short sleeve shirts & flip flops (but first I need a pedicure...yikes!)

I Heart Faces: Bundled Up

The theme this week is "Bundled Up"

Since Spring is in full force here in California, I had to look through some of my pictures from when we were in Tahoe after Christmas.

I wanted to use about 10 pictures from this Post, but I can only enter one, so here is my entry:
I just love this picture of Kate & Beka walking up the snowy hill with their sleds.

Check out I heart faces for more entries!