Just a Tad Jaded: Happy St. Partick's Day!!!

St. Patrick's Day has always been one of my most favorite holidays. Growing up I used to have a blast going to the Southside Irish Parade, and spending time with my family. Then when I got older the holiday turned more into a party-time holiday, which was a ton of fun and something I looked forward to every year (especially when we were asked to partake in the parade).

Now that we are out in the suburbs and with kids, I wondered if St. Patrick's Day would ever be as much fun as it used to be. Good news for me, the answer is yes!!! I am so lucky to have such a fun family, they let me get a bit crazy with them and totally go all out for the holiday.

The morning started with Craig running the 5K race (and finishing with his lowest time ever!) and the boys and I waking up to a mess a leprechaun made in our kitchen. The little guy scattered gold coins everywhere and brought us a special St. Patrick's Day treat. After we had a few good laughs we had breakfast and then it was time to 'decorate' my boys.

The final result...

Connor opted for green hair and stickers, just like his mommy.
Aidan was our lucky leprechaun.
Liam decided he wanted body paint so he could be our slogan boy. He had some typical Irish sayings/ drawings all over him, but he was also our #1 supporter of Daddy who competed in the 5K race earlier in the morning!

Once we all looked like it was St. Patrick's Day, we were off to our neighborhood parade and party in our downtown area. What a beautiful day to spend outside. 80 degrees and sunny, absolutely perfect!

Here come the floats...

I thought this was going to be a cute picture of the boys watching the parade, until I realized Connor was a bit bothered by the loud Irish music, oops!

Daddy playing a little ball
with his boys down by the
riverwalk.

Just when I thought the boys couldn't get any messier and stickier, we headed to a pancake brunch at the high school. Delicious!!!

While at the pancake brunch boys were impressed to meet a real live leprechaun. They wanted to know if he was the one who visited our house earlier in the morning. Too funny!!!