Showing posts with label Pattys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pattys. Show all posts
Monday, June 19, 2017
St Pattys Day A Winner
Being Irish, I love St. Patty's Day.
Kevin also has Irish heritage, so our kids are about 25% Irish.
It's a fun & easy holiday to celebrate.
I just do a few simple things to make it more fun for my kids.
They get Lucky Charms cereal for breakfast (which is a big treat since we don't buy them sugar cereal)
Kate had to make a Leprechaun trap for Kindergarten, so we left it out in hopes of catching him.
(Her trap was an empty oatmeal box with green construction paper & washi tape)
She wanted it to look like a Leprechaun hat, so she taped a base. She added a rainbow & a sign to lure him in. We cut a little hole in the lid & the inside was filled with glitter & 2 gold coins.
I thought it turned out cute!
The Leprechaun not only left the Lucky Charms, but he turned the milk green, left a map and a trail of gold.
Plus, it's fun to see the girls so excited about Lucky Charms, green milk & a treasure map.
Ready to find their pot of gold.
Nothing will beat what the Leprechaun brought them last year...their Big Sister T-shirts letting them know a baby was on the way!
Read about it HERE.
They were so excited when they found their treasure.
Nothing fancy, just a Pez dispenser & some bubbles. Each item was just $1.
Like last year, the Leprechaun didn't flush when he used the bathroom.
And, Boulder's dog water was turned green.
The Leprechaun left out forks instead of spoons (All the spoons were in the dirty in the dishwasher & I was too lazy to hand wash them)
Some may think this is over the top for a silly holiday like St. Patty's Day, but it took less than 10 minutes to set up the night before. My thought is that they are only young once and why not do silly fun things on holidays while they are still young?
Then we headed to church & I debuted my awesome green jeans I got on clearance.
I was so excited to wear them (the rest of the outfit will be posted on my Pin-Spired post in 2 weeks)
Highlight of my day?
An 80 year old woman at church telling me she liked my Leprechaun pants.
Classic.
We had a nice family bike ride to Kate's TBall practice.
We normally have Guinness Stew for dinner on St. Patty's Day, but since the weather was so nice, our neighbors decided to have a last minute St. Patty's Day BBQ Block Party. Guiness Stew is for dinner tonight!
Kate's St. Patty's request? Green Jello.
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Happy St. Patty's Day from the O'Larson's!
Do you celebrate St. Patty's Day?
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Scenes from St Pattys Day
My cute Irish girls:
Lucky Charms & Green Milk:
Kate's face when she realizes that a leprechaun has visited our house:
The "leprechaun" had switched our kitchen table chairs with the dining room ones:
He spilled some Lucky Charms & turned the milk green:
Left a treasure map for the girls:
He left a trail of gold coins:
That sneaky leprechaun even turned BoBo's water green:
She didn't mind.
He turned pictures upside down:
Hung Claire's beloved blankies from her window:
Made Kate's bed the WRONG direction:
This is what Claire thought of the leprechaun's shenanigans:
She was quite upset that things were out of place.Kate on the other hand, loved discovering what the leprechaun had done:
Kate named our leprechaun, "Pete" (no idea where she came up with that!)
We took the map & set out to find our treasure.
There were a few obstacles in the way...
{Claire still grumpy about the leprachan messing up our house}
Getting closer.....
The pot of gold & treasures left by our leprechaun:
Inspecting her gold coins:
Enjoying the sunny afternoon:
Coloring in her new coloring book from the leprechaun:
Getting ingredients ready.....
.....For Rainbow Cupcakes!
Yum!
Dinner for the girls....green yogurt, green jello and mac & cheese with peas:
*and, in case you were wondering, yes, both girls had green poop today because of all the green food dye. classic!*Dinner for Kevin & I.
We don't do Corned Beef & Cabbage (yuck), so our tradition is Guinness Stew served over Mashed Potatoes, along with Peas, Irish Soda Bread & Green Beer:
Cheers!
St. Patty's isn't complete (in our house) without watching some March Madness. My bracket is doing horrible. *sigh*
It was a fun St. Patty's Day. I am part Irish, so OF COURSE we celebrate St. Patty's Day.Let's be honest, even if I wasn't part Irish, I would still celebrate it. I love any excuse to celebrate a holiday!
Hope your St. Patty's Day was fun as well!
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