Friday, March 20, 2015

St. Patrick's Day...

We started St. Patrick's Day with a quiz.  In order to eat the very rare and special Lucky Charms cereal that I had purchased for breakfast, Miss A and Miss M had to find Ireland on the globe and tell me what continent it is part of.  Of course, they all were bedazzled in their greenest clothes, in varying degrees of fluffiness.  After school, while listening to some Irish folk music, we colored Celtic coloring pages, watched a great video about the real history of St. Patrick, (here), and watched some youtube videos of Irish step dancing.  We also tried making a pinterest find, these treats:
Shamrock Pretzel Pop Steps - Shamrock Pretzel Pops - Pretzels, Rolo Candy & a Green M&M. SO pretty and festive for a St. Patrick's Day Party!

which were fairly unsuccessful, but still tasty!  (Next year remember to use parchment under...)  We had an event at the elementary school, so couldn't finish our celebrations until tonight.  Our close friend AN invited us over for corned beef and cabbage.  So good!  Why haven't I been eating this my whole life?  Same with the soda bread.  Delicious.  I made a rainbow fruit salad, and an all green vegetable plate with cilantro lime ranch.
I'm trying!  A month or two ago I would have contributed some sort of really good and really terrible for you baked good.  But cookies be gone!  I am embracing fruit!  And I'm happy about it.  Really.  Oh, except AN made some amazing double dark chocolate cookies that I ate about six of.  Seven?  I wasn't counting.  It's a work in progress...

I asked the girls what they would wish for if they caught a leprechaun.  (We are trying to focus more on our family "spiritual goals", meaning we read scripture stories, sing primary songs, and pray more.  So some wishes may reflect this, since we had just done all those things and the girls were probably still feeling glowey from it...)
Miss M:  1. That our family would stay together forever.  2.  A pot of gold, to sell it for people that are poor.  3.  That the flowers and plants would never die.
Miss A:  1.  A pet cheetah, that is trained.  2.  That Grandma and Grandpa could come for a month.  3.  That I would stay with my family forever.
Miss R:  Too tired from a whole week of late nights to answer.  She was a hot mess.  Maybe another time...