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St. Patti's Day Fun

   I'm telling you. I love me a holiday. 

The house woke up to a trail of green destruction left from that naughty leprechaun who always seems to have a mark on this house...this year it started in the bathroom with the toilet water turned GREEN.

                       Here's the leprechaun trap we made and left out the night before to try and catch him....no luck there! 

The Leprechaun's magic turned everything rainbow'ish...

Hannah and B. Olivia helped me make plain white cupcakes the day before St. Patricks. I put them in the fridge to cool overnight so I could frost them on the holiday. Lo and behold, those girls woke up St. Patrick's Day morning to find that the cupcakes found at the end of the rainbow of starbursts had actually turned RAINBOW inside.  Get out.

After school I sent the girls on a rainbow treasure hunt..looking for different colored shamrocks that led them to... 

this little surprise....rainbow licorice and the cutest "Irish" movie ever.

They also went searching for cold coins throughout the house. Here is Kyleigh holding the loot.

This day has got to be one of Kyleigh's favorite holidays..she has looked forward to St. Patrick's Day ever since she was a little girl...

and here's proof...she was 5 yrs old here. Kills me.

This was mom's favorite thing left from the Leprechaun....the LEPRECHAUN DUST. Little jars filled with powder {pistachio pudding}. You fill later with milk...

And you dance an Irish jig to the Riverdance DVD playing...all while shaking the jar of leprechaun dust... making yourself a tasty green treat. Pistachio pudding! So stink'in clever. Thanks Happy Home Fairy!

Kielbasa soup with cabbage and fresh deli sliced corn beef for dinner. YUM!

and these better than beer, Lucky Lime drinks for dessert. {lime sherbet, 7-up and whip cream} green deliciousness...

At the dinner table we took the green pipe cleaners tied from our napkins and we had a race {timed for one minute} to see who could make the best looking shamrock...these were the results...Can you guess who won? 

There were Irish conversation & joke cards and Dad even graced us with his version of an Irish jig..not caught on camera...darn it.

It was a good day.

Yes indeed.

The Rainbow thing seemed to be a theme throughout the week...rainbow leg warmers worn for dance class...

and we drove home that day from dance looking at THIS......no kidd'in!

My "Irish" lassies that I adore... 

They fill my life with color...every single day..

  Here's a little history (thnx to Happy Home Fairy) behind why this holiday is celebrated...
St. Patrick is one of the most celebrated religious figures around the world!  At the age of 16, St. Patrick was kidnapped by a band of pirates from his hometown in the Roman British Isles (What?! St. Patrick is not even Irish?!  It's true!) and sold into slavery in Ireland.

As a slave in Ireland, St. Patrick worked as a shepherd and drew close to the Lord while spending time in the fields with his sheep.

But St. Patrick eventually escaped!  He returned to Britain where he studied to become a priest.

One night St. Patrick had a dream that the voices of the Irish people were calling him to come back to Ireland and tell them about Jesus.  So when St. Patrick woke up, he packed his bags and moved to Ireland once again, this time on his own free will.

God used St. Patrick in so many ways as he ministered to the Irish.

He laid the groundwork for the establishment of HUNDREDS of churches in Ireland.

St. Patrick used clovers, a popular Irish plant with 3 leaves, to illustrate the Trinity - the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Hope your day was filled with Happy Green Stuff!