Erin Go Bragh!

We celebrated St. Patty's Day with Ethan, Carys, and Molly; and as the luck of the Irish would have it. . . . .a dinner made 'o green!  We had honey dew, green pancakes with shamrock-shaped whipped cream atop, and green vanilla yogurt topped with green sprinkles (green food coloring and I were special friends today).  For dessert, we had a magically delicious treat I referred to as Pots o' Gold - halved orange peels filled with "gold" (yellow jello squares) and garnished with gold coins (chocolate Easter candy).  As for beverages, we drank Sprite (complete with ice cubes made of green Sprite to properly color our drinks without watering them down...nobody wants a watered-down drink on St. Patty's Day).  It really 'twas so much fun to get into the spirit of the holiday; I'm pretty sure that I enjoyed it more than the children - as usual.  Let me just say this, there 'twas A LOT of extra brushing and flossing before bedtime to try and counter balance the sugar fest that 'twas dinner. 

Sidenote:  hopefully this fantastically festive feast made up for the fact that I didn't dress Cole in green for school because it was picture day and I wanted him to look classy.  Oh man...he was none to happy when he got to school, saw many of his classmates dressed in green, and realized that I neglected to properly adorn him for the holiday.  He doesn't really own any clothing that is both green AND class picture worthy, so I opted for the outfit that we will want to look at in years to come.  He'll thank me for this when he gets older...maybe.

These are my favorite pictures from the evening. Caden kept poking at his jello exclaiming, "It wiggles, Holly. Holly, it wiggles." He was actually talking to Molly. All of my children thought her name was Holly at one point in their lives...I love that.

Happy Saint Patty's Day, friends!