St. Patricks Day - 76/365

St. Patricks's Day! It was going to be a busy one, too!
We started the day at Reagan's book fair! She was so excited to pick out books. She ended up with six! She kept saying she couldn't wait for bedtime so she could read them.
After we shopped, she headed off to class. They made a shamrock necklace, shamrock hat and got a visit from a leprechaun! They went for a walk and when they came back, the room was all a mess! Reagan kept saying he knocked over the trash can. She just found that so funny! LOL! They loved it!
This evening, we had a little Irish feast. I made Reuben's, pierogies and green beans. I got Jim a six pack of Guinness and I made a Miller Lite green! Reagan enjoyed green mac and cheese with green beans and green milk. For dessert we had cookies decorated for St. Patrick's Day. It was delicious!
This evening, Reagan and I made a few little St. Patrick's Day themed projects. We made Jim a handprint shamrock and Reagan wrote him a little note on it. I got a little carried away and actually told her how to spell lucky, wrong, but I suppose that makes it special! We are so lucky to have him, that we gave him extra letters in lucky! LOL!
Today, Boardman Rotary had another big day! They were able to present a $2500 check to the Salvation Army. Needless to say, they were absolutely thrilled with the donation and hope to be able to do a lot of good with it!
Jim is doing such a great job as president! We couldn't be more proud of him!
Shopping the book fair!

Her picks!

Making her shamrock necklace



Reagan and her teacher!

All her fun stuff from school!

Our "Irish" feast!

Dessert!

Her project for daddy!

So proud!

Jim presenting the big check!

Bad Ballerina - 57/365

Reagan had school today, finally! She was excited to be heading back!

Today, they had an in-house field trip. A representative for the public library came with some books for the kids. Each child was signed up for a library card (she already had one, but, oh well), and got to bring two books home. She picked one book about dogs and cats and another about calves. She was so excited and couldn't wait to ready them after her bath.

After school, we headed out for a quick lunch with Nana and ran into Toys R Us to pick up Ally's birthday present. While in Toys R Us, Reagan spotted the posters for the Neverbeast movie. She is SO excited for this movie to come out. Since Disney World, it's ALL she talks about! We hope it's good!

Finally today, she was also back at ballet. I was excited because it was watch week. During watch week, you are able to go in the last 10 minutes of class and watch their dance. Reagan was doing nothing but showing off for me. She didn't listen to anything and was acting like a real monkey, curling her hand up in her armpits and rocking back and forth. It was funny, but not.

On the way home, we had a LONG talk about how ballerina's have to practice and if she doesn't do the dance right, she can't participate in the recital and ruin it for the other little girls. She can go to the recital, but she'd have to watch instead of be on stage. So, hopefully, she'll do it right next time. LOL! We shall see!

Reagan's library books

Excited for the Neverbeast!

Bad Ballerina

Library Card - 91/365

Reagan checked out her first books at the library today! 

We recently found out about a program at the local libraries called Baby Brilliant. There are a few different ones under the Baby Brilliant title. We decided to try one out this morning at the Austintown Library called Bonding with Babies and Books.

 It was a great little program, but I think Reagan was a bit too old for this particular one. They sang a few songs and read one book. She seemed to really like it and enjoyed participating, but the other kids were a lot smaller than her. She has been doing the songs they sang for quite awhile already.

 There are two others called Tales & Talk for 2's and 3's and Gotta Move Storytime. I think she will enjoy those more being around kids the same age. It will be fun to get her involved and spending some time at the library. 

After the program, we had fun exploring the children's section of the library. We looked at all the books and DVD's. What a selection! It's been years, since I've been to a library. Probably college, really! Sad, I know. I tend to just run to Barnes and Noble or use the Kindle App on the iPad to read books. Today though, I figured if we are going to be participating in these programs we might as well sign up for a library card. This way we can get Reagan excited about checking out new books when we are there. We chose three to bring home today and read all three after her bath tonight. Her favorite was the bird one. She is taking after Nana and Great Grandpa Roy with her love of birds. We read A House for Birdie three times tonight. She really does love to read, which is wonderful! There is not much better than story time after her bath. 

The photo of the day is her first three library books and our new library card!

There was another "out of the ordinary" event that happened today. There was a Mallard Duck in our front yard during the mini-blizzard. Rachel texted me and said "There is a duck in your front yard!" LOL!  I had already saw the strange occurrence and was already planning my photo strategy...LOL! I'm not sure what this little guy was doing. Guess he just wanted to visit! Hope he stayed warm!

Today also marks the start of the FOURTH month of this project! Three down and nine more to go! I really am having the best time with it. I know I've said it before, but I want you to know that I appreciate your support. Your "likes" and comments mean the world to me! Thanks for taking part in this journey!