#12 and St Patrick's Day.

Seriously. 
12. 
Today, St Patrick's Day is the 12th snow day of the school year. 
It has been fun - lots of Legos, Veggie Tales, homework and shenanigans. 
I can't complain - I'm appreciating them more and more. 
The Urchins aren't going to be Urchins forever and I'm appreciating this extra time - even if it does mean a shorter summer. 
It's nice to be watching "Veggie Tales" instead of "Star Wars". 
In Family CCD we made a chain with 40 links of things to do for Lent.  We take a link off each day - so far the activities have been learning about saints and Old Testament stories and praying decades of a scriptural Rosary.  It has worked well - really well.  I hope we can keep it up.  :)
Tball and soccer both start this week.  Well...they start after the 6 inches of snow that fell today melts...so maybe we'll get a reprieve.

We went to a St Patrick's Day party this weekend.  Nate was so partied out that this was what he looked like Saturday night...

And last night, while we anticipated that there may be a snow day, we still wanted to get everyone in and out of the bathtub quickly.  I turned my head for a second to arrange Nate's clothes and this was what I found when I turned back around...

Yes.  That is Benjamin in a tub full of water while wearing his pajamas. 
Ugh. 

We weren't able to get a decent picture this morning for our annual St Patrick's Day Event. 
Each year it gets a little bit more challenging than the last.  
I got a little teary eyed Looking back at the pictures ( 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and thinking this is the last year we'll be able to wear the green Red Sox shirt.  8 years is a lot of wear off a $5 shirt bought off a street vendor.