my little leprechauns

March 17, 2012- Thought I'd share pics of my little leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day.  I took them to Junction to get haircuts from Oscar.  Pecos will only allow Oscar to cut his hair now and he was a little overdue for a trim.  Brazos refused to get his haircut and since I vowed to never take him again I certainly didn't force it.  After the haircut we went over to the park to play.  

Hope you had a LUCKY day!

little leprechauns & an irish mystery

March 17, 2011- My little leprechauns had a not-so-festive disposition at picture time on St. Patrick's Day. I insisted we take the photo before leaving the house in the morning before one of them had a chance to get dirty. As you can see by this photo neither of them were very happy about it.

Other than that we didn't celebrate too much. St. Patrick's Day was during Spring Break so we had other things on our mind. We didn't even get the chance for green pancakes. And we had planned to make cookies but just didn't get around to it.

Later in the day after a very good nap I managed to get one of Brazos in a much better mood.

Now for the mystery.  For some reason everyone seems to think I'm Irish and should therefore celebrate St. Patrick's Day like a national holiday.  Maybe it is the fair complexion, freckles, slightly orange tint to my hair and greenish colored eyes.  Or perhaps that my name is Erin. The reality is I just don't know.  My dad's father's side of the family is unknown to me.  He died when my father and his siblings were children and after that I guess they didn't do too much with that side of the family.  Or at least they don't talk about it with my generation.  Perhaps there are skeletons yet to come out of that closet.  And my dad's mother's family were Gremillion's from Avoylles parish in Louisiana.  Cajun- yes; Irish- I doubt it.  As for my mom's side of the family, German descent is the best I can come up with.  So I can't pinpoint where the Irish-ness comes from but I play the part on March 17th and other times when it seems appropriate. 

Hope you enjoyed the day of green!

the lucky man

March 17, 2010- Here's our little cowboy leprechaun. Pecos learned about leprechauns at school the week before St. Pat's Day when they were on the letter 'R' and talked about rainbows. So he told me it was St. Patrick's Day, Green Day and Lucky Man Day. What better way to start the day than with green pancakes!

Then a week later we had a storm blow through and left behind this rainbow. Pecos told me he had never seen a real rainbow and then said "I hope there is a Lucky Man on it!" I told him me too and I hope he has a pot of gold for me. For the next hour all he could talk about was going to look for that Lucky Man. Finally I told him if he ate all his supper we would ride down to the pasture and look for the Lucky Man. Of course he ate every bite and declared he was ready to go look for the Lucky Man. So we looked and looked and looked. I drove everywhere Pecos pointed and we even drove down the road a bit. Finally Pecos decided he must be gone and we'll find him next time. I'm still waiting for that pot of gold.

luck o' the pecos

March 17, 2009- Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Just thought we'd share a photo of Pecos all decked out in his green for the occasion. Although I take plenty of pictures of Pecos on an almost daily basis it has been a while since he had studio portraits done. So off we went to San Antonio to take some Easter pics and some in his everyday cowboy attire. Here's where I give my full endorsement to Portrait Innovations. They are a very fast, practical and affordable option for getting studio portraits done and we love everything we've ever taken there. I've included a few of the shots for you to enjoy. So enough of that- back to Pecos. MiMi is here to visit for a few days and Pecos is extremely excited. We have four days of fun planned so stay tuned for more pictures. Happy Green Day!!!