Holiday Babysitting Swaps

We began a babysitting swap with 2 other families in January.  That means that each couple watches all of the children (9 total) one weekend night, then gets 2 dates without having to pay a babysitter.  Not a bad deal, right?  Well we happened to watch all of the kids on nights that fell close to or on a holiday.  So, of course, we had to do something a little more fun.

For Valentine's Day, I made sugar cookies and each kid got to frost and decorate a cookie to eat for dessert.

Eliza got really into it - she was the last one left decorating at the table.

For St. Patrick's Day we made our traditional 4-Leaf Clover waffles and green eggs and ham.  The kids loved it, and it was a cheap and easy meal to celebrate with.  Too bad Ben still refuses to eat green ham...