Happy St Paddy's Day!

Ashley loved her Shamrock Crown

CJ loves his Grandma Stone

Game "Who's Got My Gold?"
A "Leprechaun" sits on a chair blindfolded with his bag of gold underneath and the "sneaky people" try one at a time to try and grab the bag from under the seat. If the leprechaun hears someone grab the gold says "who's got my gold?" and the person trying to steal it has to respond in a tricky voice and if they trick the leprechaun and he guesses the wrong name they get to eat a gold chocolate coin. If he guesses right they become the leprechaun and he gets to be a "sneaky person". It was hilarious to watch, and all of the adults took turns too! Calin never got caught and when he was the leprechaun he always guessed right!

Cousin McKenzie painted a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end on his face for him.

Ash loved her face paintings by Kenzie! A shamrock, a pot of gold, and a sign that said "Hey, im Irish!"

A Leprechaun Trap!

Ash & CJ made a leprechaun trap. It was a cylinder with a paper top with a few rips on it and some gold, there was a ladder so he could climb up to get the gold and as he stood on the paper it would rip the rest of the way and he would fall in the trap! They placed it by the front door and crossed their fingers that they would catch one so that they could take his gold.

On St Paddy's morning they went to check their trap and it had fallen over onto its side the gold was gone and the leprechaun had left a green glitter trail where he had walked to get outside. So Beware! Make your traps sturdy to the ground so that leprechauns cant topple it over once inside and escape!

Visiting San Fran

The kiddos went on a day trip to San Fran with the Stone Cousins

Star Wars

The kids went to San Fran with some of the Stone cousins while mom was at work and they stopped by one of the Lucas Film offices and got to take some pictures inside.

Darth Vader was CJ's favorite life size costume, he said Boba Fett was his second favorite (he told me how there were actual bullet holes in the costume)

No one could touch anything inside the office building but the kids had a ton of fun climbing all over the Yoda fountain that was outside.

Pinewood Derby

Grandpa Stone was in charge of the LDS Boy Scout Pinewood Derby this year and he and Grandma Stone purchased a car-kit for each Ashley and Calin. The kids had fun painting them and adding temporary tattoos on them instead of stickers.

CJ chose purple and added guitar hero tattoos, his car did very well and won over some of the 7 year old Boy Scouts.

Ashley's car was adorable! Two toned pink with swirly tattoos. It wasn't very fast but by far the cutest in the whole group!

As soon as they released their cars to race both Ash & CJ would run to the end of the track to see whose car was the fastest.

Just Like Grandpa!

Grandpa Stone often wears his reading glasses over his sunglasses while outside. We went out to lunch with some of the Stones and CJ picked up Grandpa's glasses which were on the table and put them on just like Grandpa does. Everyone howled with laughter (even Grandpa!)

and the winner is....

"Chu-wee"

it is short for chichuaua-weenier dog. It sounds like Chewie (you know from star wars) It was a close call... "Jackson" was the next choice from the kids but the dog didn't respond to it at all. We called him Chu-wee one time and he came running. His favorite things to do are run around the field around the house (though he wont go more than 30 feet away from us for some reason), chew on his stuffed squeaky elephant, watch tv on our laps, and take naps on the kitty's bed (she wont go near it anymore). He is an extremely happy little guy and I cant wait to take him to the lake to see if he will swim. He doesn't complain at all when the kids dress him up in his little doggie outfits like he's a doll. Ash & CJ love taking him for walks around the property but quickly decide he doesn't need the leash and decide to hook it to Calin's jeans and Ash will then take CJ for a "walk" while Chu-wee prances around next to them.