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We have holidays coming up, people!

Being the Irish family that we are, we have started some St. Patrick's Day traditions for the kids. Aside from the beer and unnaturally colored food, we do that every day.

Because we are good Irish folk who believe in Leprechauns, they come play tricks on us that we discover throughout St. Patrick's Day. We are generally good people, so the leprechauns only play funny tricks on us, like turning our milk green (food coloring in the bottom of the cup), filling the bathroom with green balloons (mom's late night and hot air), making the toilet water green (yum) and leaving little cauldrons of candy and confetti for them to find.

So today at Joann's I picked up some glittery green top hats to replace the cauldrons this year and some gold and green coins, shamrock necklaces, window clings and crepe paper. It was 50% off and Big Kid will flip at the thought of Leprechauns in the house.

Although I don't approve of Easter being in March, I like it to be in April, I guess I don't get my way (again) this year and we're doing it March 23rd, so I also picked up some plastic eggs (two different types...Big Kid will find the sports ones, little kid will find the sparkly ones and there will be no fighting...until little kid finds a sports one. Damn. I hadn't really considered that. We'll see. I thought I was so smart for a minute there.) and I got a carrot jump rope and some other odds and ends.

little kid will get an art set (that mom got on clearance for .97) and a raincoat, hat and boots (that mom needs for a photography prop) and some fake ducklings (that mom also needs for a photography prop...that Easter Bunny is a cheap bastard) and some candy. Yeah, he's 1 and he's had candy. Call the cops. (I will admit it was the wrong choice...only because I have to lock myself in the bathroom if I even want to think about eating some chocolate).

Big Kid is most likely getting some Christmas presents that Santa Claus "forgot" in the back of my closet. Told ya the Easter Bunny was cheap.

We'll also probably do an Easter craft or two. The inevitable (and messy) egg dying. OMG can you even imagine little kid egg dying? Woo-hoo. That'll be great. Like I wasn't dreading it already.

And probably these Rice Krispie Treat Bird Nests.


If I remember right (and it looks pretty self explanatory, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I do), you make Rice Krispie treats, put some in a bowl, put wax paper on top of it and squish another bowl down in it so it becomes nest shaped and then throw a peep and some malt ball eggs in there.

Big Kid loved this last year. I was thinking about offering to do them with his class? That would be okay if I called it a Spring craft, right? The Jews do Spring Break and about 900 other days in March. I don't know, maybe career day is enough.

I ran into a girl with an Etsy shop elsewhere online and she makes fabric covered pails. I told her that I wanted one made out of the monkey fabric in little kid's room and she knew the line I was talking about and we were able to get something really close and equally adorable:
I just went to her store to find you a link and I see that she's selling them! So you could have a "little kid bucket" designed by Ashley. I got his personalized. She was super nice and fast and the whole thing was very easy and involved very little effort from myself.

I was going to get him one that matched Big Kid's personalized pottery barn bucket, but between you and I, I think this is waaaaaay cooler. Plus it'll be cute in his room year round. YAY ME. I mean him. YAY HIM.

little kid will be wearing this:

(excuse the seizure like pose...I just thought it would be fun for you guys to see Big Kid and Emmers way back. There aren't many pictures of this day. I'm guessing it didn't go well.)

Please note the matching argyle socks. Sorry 'bout the hand me downs, but I did get him a really cute bucket hat with whales embroidered on it.


I really hope he'll wear it. You never know with him and hats. Goodness that would be cute.

I got the hat at The Children's Place, that's also where I got Big Kid's shorts.


I won't make Big Kid do a sweater vest, although I do love them so.

He'll probably get away with his white polo or one of his button down Cuban styled ones.

And matching argyle socks...because that's how we roll. On Easter. One of the few days of the year I can get away with sweater vests and argyle socks without Mr. Ashley trying to get involved.

Pink argyle with a corduroy blazer? With patches on the elbows? The kid is a rock star. But any time other than Christmas Eve or pictures and Mr. Ashley gets all whiney about it.

And that's why we call him The Lord of Fashion. I also call him Polly Prissypants sometimes but he would get all kinds of ticked off if I told you that, so I won't.

I have a whole, good, long post in me about what does look totally lame, and what I better never catch you dressing your kids in and at what age things become no longer acceptable, but we'll save it for another post another day because inevitably someone starts screaming that I'm calling their kid a dork, or chastising me for using the word gay to describe certain fashions, and who has the energy for it tonight?