Hearing Test

Even just getting a hearing checked at an annual check up my Matthew is adorable.  He passed his hearing test with flying colors.  No more excuses about not hearing me when I tell him to make his bed.

Irish Blessings From Our St. Patrick's Day Party

May those who love us, love us.  For those who don't , may God turn their hearts; if He can't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we can recognize them by their limping.

Judge me by my size, do you?- Yoda by Nicholas

Yes, Yoda I do. by Holden

You crush my hopes, I crush you. SMACK!

If you find a pot of gold call me, its too much to carry.  I'll take it off your shoulders.

Friends are forever, unless you get bored.

Happy is happy. Sad is sad. Which one do you choose?

May love and peace never leave the earth

May luck always be with you.

May May come soon.

Cookies=yum. Broccoli= blaah.  Coookies are better for you.

Homework kills trees .  It must be stopped!

The winner is the SAME as everyone.

If you die, I'll go with you.

Green is a wonderful color.  If you don't wear green on St. Patrick's day, you will suffer the PINCH.

May you live as long as I don't get bored of you.

Awesomeness

Everyone loves you.

We all need luck for the year.

May God's love always surround you.

May you live a good life.

May people be happy.

May green be the luckiest color on earth.

May flowers always bloom.

May the sun always shine.

May the Holy Ghost be with you.

May no one be sad or depressed.

This is my Irish Blessing.

May you always have love.

May everyone's love be with you.

May love surround us.

May we not regret life.

May your berard grow long and your stomache wider.

"Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold... Scratch that.  A pound of gold is so much better than an ounce of luck.  You'll need luck to find gold.  So it's luck and gold, or just luck.

May you live 100 years, plus one more to repent.

Good food, Good friends, good fun=great blessings!

May home always be sweet.

May we all get a good sleep.

What do you mean Mr.  You don't like green ties?!?

May greatness come to you if you buy my butterbraids.

May we all  have a great sense of humor!

May the saddest day of your future be no worse than your happiest day of the past.

May you always have room to take in the Metzger feast.

May we live a good and long life.

May your eyes not deceive you.

Green=something great.

May your beard grow longer and your belly wider.

May you always be strong and have faith.

May we always be protected from teh wickedness of the world.

May your neighbors respect you. Trouble neglect you. The angels protect you. And Heaven accept you.

May all  the good meals in life include me.

May winter be over and snow be gone.

May we all have the luck of the Irish.

May toes always feel the sand.

May we all love each other. Peace on earth.

May a leprechan visit you with candy.

May you be rich.

May the distance between you and those you love always seem small.

St. Patrick's Day Party

Horray for our annual St. Patrick's Day dinner.  We love that we have this silly tradition to share with our friends that we love so much.

What a cute little leprechaun Zachary is.
That is why he won the  green contest.

Kid table in the basement.
Love all the green.

Teenage table.  This is also where Eli sat.
Do you think that means anything?  

Eli and Roci

Joanne and Kevin

Mercedes won the Irish Blessing Contest

All the kids and Bob.

Gail and Joanne

Claude and me.
I only include this goofy picture of me so you can see all my green.

The Elders always serve as our judges.

Bob, Mercedes, and Eli

May the luck of the Irish follow us all year! 

(We sure could use it.)

Shamrock Shakes at McDonalds

Yet another Metzger Family Tradition.

Coloring

Another favorite past time, especially on Saturday mornings in your PJs.  

Pi Day

Today is Pi Day!  Get it?  March 14th, 3.14 pi.  And how do you celebrate Pi Day?  By eating pie of course.

Costco happily supplied us with this lovely pie.

Maybe next year I will actually make a pie, since it will be 3.1415

Family Home Evening Activity

We played a card game tonight for our Family Home Evening Activity.  Well, we played and Joe took panoramic pictures with his phone.  Look how unfazed my children are at getting their pictures taken.  By the way, I won.

Imagine Dragon Concert

The day finally came to use the Imagine Dragon concert tickets that Nicholas got for his birthday.  We were very excited.  Nicholas and I drove to Worcester parked and went in.  The opening band was a group called The Naked and Famous.  They were OK, but when you are pumped to see the main band you just want them to hurry up and finish. 

Imagine Dragons put on a great show.  Heavy on the percussion and loads of energy.  I forgot my camera in the car so all I had was the lousy camera on my cell phone.  Which explains why these picture are so bad.

Nicholas review of the show:  I really liked it.  They played a lot of good song.  It was over too soon. The parking garage was really full.

Here is Nicholas in the shirt we got at the concert.  It was a part of the whole birthday present package. He loves the shirt and wears every time it is clean.  He looks so grown up.  

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

In honor of  Dr. Seuss's 110th birthday, we had green eggs and ham for breakfast this morning.

This is what a grumpy teenager looks like when his mom tells him to smile for the picture.

And this is what Anders always looks like when he has his picture taken.  He loves it.

Bounce Town

Over February vacation we went to Bounce Town with our friends The Hollands and The Longs.  They had a bunch of big bounces houses to play on.  Some had slides.  Other had cool things to climb on.  They also had a climbing wall for those brave enough to try it out.  Here is Matthew climbing on up.  Ends up Matthew is quite the Mountain Goat.  

Smith College

There are a plethera of small liberal arts school in our area.  And many of them have amazing green houses and botantical gardens.  Callie, a friend from church, organized a trip for us during Smith College's flower show.  There were tons of amazing blooms.  It made spring feel within reach.  Which is nice because we are still FREEZING!  Most of the moms who went had babies.   Matthew and I enjoyed playing with the little ones.  

Yankee Candle

On the Thursday of break we headed off to Yankee Candle.  Their flag ship in Deerfield has fun displays and super great toy store, and even a stage when automated hillbillies perform daily.  During the school break they had free lego kits for all the kids and performances by some of the local dance studios.  Of course we invited all our friends to come along with us.  It is always more fun in a group.

Here are all the little kids on a boat you can climb on in the toy store.

The Holland kids were really into posing with the displays.  Here is Gavin with a nutcracker.

And here is Zoe with the Wicked Witch.

Here is what a Zac, aka teenager with a cell phone, looks like when dragged on family outings.

And here is what a husband does when his wife drags him along to hang out with a bunch of kids and their moms.

It really was a fun day.  Thanks for coming Friends!

Sledding

I am a three season mom.  I don't do winter.  Luckily, we have good friends who do.  Herb Holland graciously took my boys along with his to go sledding during February Break.  

Don't they look joyous?

Lego Movie

Wednesday is $5 movie day!  So we set off to see the new Lego Movie. It was great. I did feel bad for the father.  I mean the moral of the story is that you should allow the kids to mess up your perfectly organized assembled Lego kits.  We did love the theme song, Everything Is Awesome.  It sure it catchy and I am sure we will sing it a lot.

The had these fun displays in the lobby. 

 Here is Anders.  See his cute little face in the back row

And here is Holden.

Remember, everything is cool when you're part of a team.

Hot Chocolate

We love our hot chocolate.  Of course when you put creamer in it and put loads of whipped cream and toppings on it, who wouldn't.  One of the things that I love about our hot chocolate habit, is when  we sit around the table to drink it and visit.