Happy St.Patty's Day

I love any little excuse to have a little extra fun with the kids. Making ordinary days a little more magical is what it is all about!
We started the week off by decorating shamrock shaped sugar cookies after FHE on Monday and then later in the week we got busy and decorated the house with shamrocks and rainbow paper chains.

Last night we built a little Leprechaun trap. The joys of having such young children is that the simplest trap looked pretty great to them......haha! We left a trail of Lucky Charm cereal to try to lure the little green man in.
There was a little debate over how friendly this little leprechaun might be so JA grabbed his toy hammer just in case ;)

The kids awoke in excitement this morning to see if we had caught a leprechaun. That sneaky little green man set off our trap and got away but he did manage to leave behind some of his gold coins!

A breakfast of Lucky Charms cereal was enjoyed by all and a dinner of "green" (spinach) fettuccini, green veggies and a plate of rainbow colored fruit awaits with green jello for dessert. Love fun days like these.

**I apologize for the crummy quality of the pics......I am now kicking myself for being too lazy to charge the batteries in my other camera****

A little St. Patty's Day fun

Our darling children are tucked in their beds. I ran hills last night so tonight is my night off. Our television is in full March Madness force (Jimmer anyone?. The house is tidied and laundry done. I think that means I might have time to do a little blogging!

Over the past couple weeks we have had a little fun talking about and preparing for St.Patrick's Day. I did have a lot of plans that we never got to but with the kids so young I didn't feel too much pressure either way! We decorated Shamrocks at the start of the month to hang in the house. For preschool this week the kids had a little St.Patrick's Day party and AL had just the best time. She came home with gold coins from a treasure hunt, a picture of rainbows and this adorable little guy. (sorry the pic is turned.......it is straight on my computer so I am a bit confused)
We started off our morning right today with a "Magically Delicious" breakfast (a first for the kids). They couldn't believe their luck! AL kept asking for more "leprechauns to eat" all day long.

We of course wore green and even called Daddy at work to ask if he was wearing green or if he would need some pinches when he got home. Green jello was served after lunch and was a huge hit.
We made these cute little colorburst cupcakes. I attempted the frosting that went with them and then abandoned the idea after a disaster with the first step in the recipe. Our trusty chocolate frosting did the trick. AL loved helping me pipe the frosting and pour on the sprinkles. JA loved eating them.



We then made a traditional Irish Brown (whole wheat) Soda Bread to eat with our dinner. It was pretty darn tasty just super filling.

After the kids were bathed (nothing beats the smell of fresh soapy smelling babies) we played "hide the shamrocks". I love playing games with the kids at this age......too cute; they get so excited.
I must admit that I really don't know much about St.Patrick (I will be googling that when I am done this post) but I sure do love any excuse to add some magic to our ordinary days.
Happy St.Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I must confess that there are probably two main reasons that I became a teacher.
1.) I love school supplies (pencils, pens, crayons, paper, stickers, etc)
2.) I love celebrating seasonal holidays with children (I love any excuse to make an ordinary day special whether it is Valentine's Day or the 100th Day of school it is just so fun).
Since I have been substitute teaching this past year and don't now have a classroom of little ones to be crafty and festive with my two little kids are the perfect replacement (even if they don't really understand why we are pasting paper hearts all over the wall or why we are wearing green!)
There are so many great ideas on the Internet on how to have fun with the kids that I am never short on ideas and usually have to make sure I only pick a few things.
There is a wee bit of Irish blood flowing through my veins (Great Grandma was from Ireland) so we have had fun getting into the spirit. We are of course all wearing green; my poor husband was even sent to work wearing a green tie!
I had lots of fun creating a little bag of "gold" (Rolos) to pop into T's work bag for a surprise today.

AL and I made a lovely Lime Jello Poke Cake for family dessert on Sunday and it sure was tasty.


We had fun playing at the indoor gym with our best buds and surrounded by other little green toddlers this morning and then AL got to spend the afternoon with her Grandma all to herself.
We topped the day off with a green dinner consisting of Pasta Primavera with steamed vegetables (mostly green ones) made with spinach fettuccine and a glass of Limeade to drink!


I feel like I must have the Luck of the Irish with me because I am the luckiest girl to have been blessed with an amazing husband and beautiful children and a truly lovely life.
Happy St.Patrick's Day!!!