St. Patrick's Day 2014
Another St. Patrick's Day in the books and it was an all around good time!! The only thing that was an issue was that in trying to put together green outfits we realized that we have very little green clothing around here. Poor Ailey was so hard up that she had to wear one of my old green shrugs. Ha! But she pulled it off with great style.
The night before some intricate leprechaun traps were set. I am so over this tradition. This and the tooth fairy. Will they never end? This year our wily leprechaun only did minimal damage. Two chairs got turned over. He must be getting old and tired and blasé about the whole thing.
Bryn's trap: Her trap came with quite a long drawn out story. Rainbow Dash lures the leprechaun in because leprechauns love rainbows. (duh!) Then he is lured by the beauty of the queen polly pocket. See the crown? She has had her heart broken. See the broken heart? He will feel so sad that he will take her dancing on the green dance floor but it is a trick because the green dance floor will spin so fast that he will get dizzy and fall down and not be able to get up...thus trapping him. OR...they will fall madly in love and either fly off in that airplane, ride off on the motorcycle, or each will ride their own Rainbow Dash. The end.
Ailey's trap:
Ailey's had more of a violent streak to it. She wanted to lure the leprechaun to take a dip in a cool pool and then trick him into getting into the boiling hot tub and boiling to death. Hmmm. It involved a lot of little notes here and there. In the end...the only thing in Bryn's trap was a leprechaun hat and some gold candies. In Ailey's trap was a leprechaun belt and suspenders that I sewed together...yes! Sewed!...at about midnight only to have her say that leprechaun suspenders and belts were really dumb! I'll tell you what's dumb...leprechaun traps! Ailey needs a dose of reality really fast. Perhaps after Easter will come *enlightenment*. :)
Now onto the parts of St. Patrick's Day that I do ACTUALLY like...
Green lunches for four kids
It truly amazes me how excited they get over these. They were stapled shut so that no one could peek and ruin the surprise. They were full of pure junk food garbage...and they loved them.
Then it was time for our St. Patrick's Day Dinner...
Look who found an even bigger and more obnoxious hat?
He passed his previous enormous hat down to his son and clearly his sweet Irish jig dancing skills. If only this were video!!
Ailey and Bryn (Yes! Ailey and Bryn) made this delicious rainbow fruit platter. Didn't they do a great job? We added some gold candy at the end of that rainbow. My kids were so inspired by Aunt Marissa and her amazing fruit and veggie platters while we were in Utah that they now want to make them all the time. I am all for it!!
Our four little leprechauns!!
We had our traditional Irish dinner. It amazed me the vast quantities of boiled veggies and beer bread these kids could put away with a little malt vinegar and horseradish cream on top. Literally plates and plates. Tyler and I had a little bit of corned beef too. I make some seriously good veggies and they were a hit! I also made a fruit dip for the fruit and my Grandma's famous Green Punch. (It's summer in a glass.) Irish music blared, toasts were offered, food a plenty was eaten, Irish dancing flourished, laughs were abundant, and a good time was had by all!!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
