St. Patrick's Day

Yes, I'm aware that St. Patrick's Day isn't until the 17th, but here in the Manassas area we had our parade on the 9th.  My mom, brother, and mother-in-law came over from Culpeper.  We enjoyed the parade, then came home and had boiled dinner and beer (Guinness, Harp, and Smithwick's), then Irish Car Bomb cupcakes for dessert (also washed down with beer, as we ran out of milk!).

It finally snowed!

Oh my gosh, the weathermen this winter have been driving my children to the brink of insanity.  They keep putting out winter weather advisories....and then it's not even CLOUDY.

So, FINALLY, last week, it snowed.  Five inches - and it came down really hard.  My kids get up at 7 - and they were outside by 7:15.  They were in and out alllllll day.  And they slept so well!!