A Very Merry Un-birthday

March is an adored month around this house: Seth gets to go outside all the time, Jenny gets flowering blossoms, Eric gets March Madness, and Isaac gets his birthday!

E has to be gone for the big #4, so we had an early birthday party. Hats were custom embellished by E. Isaac, Amy, and Seth looked the cutest in them.

Cheese pizza was the center of our feast. It's Isaac's favorite.

Seth really dived in...I'm not exactly sure how one dives with one's mouth, but Seth did.

Birthday Tower of presents...

We started opening presents at the table, but in Isaac's mind presents should be opened in the front room, so we moved.

The ribbon seemed to go on forever...Isaac pulled it straight on, so it really could have gone on forever, just around and around the present.

More than anyone I know, Eric likes to get the perfect present for the people he loves best. He got an A++++ on Isaac's birthday present this year, the Bat Cave. We are talking hours of play.

Isaac and Mom,

We have been a happy pair for 4 years and 8 months.

Isaac loves to blow out candles.

He blew and blew, above the mark. So we lifted the cake to meet his blows. Happy Happy Birthday Isaac!

May the road rise to meet you...

I found this little Irish saying

Beagán agus a rá go maith.

Say little but say it well.

Saying "little" is hard...

especially if one has kissed the blarney stone....

which I have...

twice.

My first bouquet this St. Patrick's Day.

The 1st bouquet was brought to me in 2 and 3 little twigs at a time, and took about 15 min. to complete.

He just kept bringing them and bringing them...

And he kept making me happy and kept making me happy.

The little lad who kept bringing me clover love.

We wore green and ate corned beef and cabbage, and Eric actually liked it this year (gasp). I might not be Irish by blood, but I am Irish in my heart on St. Patrick's day. And this year we started a tradition with a little more meaning.

We talked about treasures.

True treasures.

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also." Luke 12:34

If you look really closely, you may recognize a few faces on the gold coins at the end of the rainbow. For FHE we put them at the end of the rainbow. Eric got to pick the first treasure coin to put up. I suspected he would choose Isaac or Seth. He chose the gold coin with my picture on it. He chose me first. I got a big lump right in the middle of my throat. (Gulp) My cheeks turned red. I am still blushing after 8+ years of marriage.

We also talked about treating our treasures, well, like treasures.

Amy, Eric's younger sister, came for a visit. We are all Amy fans. Here Amy is playing Peek-a-Boo with Seth, and Seth is playing Peek-and-Peek-Some-more with Amy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I do love this wee Irish day, full of shamrocks, corned beef and cabbage, and green.

If a picture paints a thousand words...

If a picture paints a 1,000 words,

And the eyes are the window to the soul...

Then if you take a picture of someone's eyes, it's like a thousand word essay of deep soul analysis,

Yes?

Well, this little critter is Cute!

1,000 words NOT needed. Just one.

GROSS!

But we'll keep him anyway.

The windows to his soul tell of mischief and fun. The little glint in his eye might be the first indicator. Those windows are clear as glass if that is what they show. Ice cream is a precious treat, especially when dad ok'd eating straight out of the carton.
Isaac eating with gusto.
I'm flying! I just know it!
Hmmmm. Their mommy wondered if she should help them or watch them figure it out. I watched and they figured it out before I got my camera. So...I threw the ball back up there.
Homely people can have cute kids.

Here's proof.

This picture, oh this little man, my oh, mighty my.

THAT is shear pleasure, almost to pride, for having dressed himself.
9,000 words, baby.

And mostly what you see in the eyes is right on.