St. Patrick's Day at Our House

Okay, so truthfully, I would probably surpass many holidays or special occassions if it weren't for my children! For this I am truly grateful for the excitement they bring into every occassion. For any of you that followed my blog last year, you know that we started new traditions for St. Patrick's day. The children came home claiming there was a leperchaun that pays visits to any house where someone puts clover under there pillows...they were right! Last year and this year we had one visit and leave a treat for them where the clover was tucked neatly and readily under their headrest. So, they started out the morning beaming as they entered the kitchen with their chocolatey gold treat and awaited their breakfast of green eggs and ham (the only time their mother makes it). Apparently festivities continued at school and thereafter here at home where they wanted to make sugar cookie cutouts of clover with fun sayings on them. They even carried a cat cage around with them hoping to capture some lucky leperchaun that might still be lurking about. For dinner we enjoyed a lasagna with garlic bread, green salad, lemon-lime kool-aid, lime jell-o, spinach, and pistachio pudding for dessert after which they headed out for Young Mens and Scouts. It was a fun day. Thank goodness for the excitement and bright hopes of wonderful children!

Green eggs and ham breakfast

Alyssa lends style to the occassion!

Michael and Justin contributed in the spirit of fun.

The children and their neighbor friend decorate and (eat) the sugar cookies.

Jeremy's festive table setting! Isn't he amazing?!!