We kicked off our morning with our favorite green smoothies. (I can't tell you how happy it makes me that the kids like these smoothies. Kale and spinach in a glass? And the children plead for more? I feel like I've won the lottery when I feed them these. So I do it sort of a lot.)
And, of course, everyone wore green:
This boy, I tell you! He went around all St. Patrick's day saying, "Kish! Kish!" and leaning in to smooch me. It was adorable.
And I'm physically incapable of not kissing this cutie.
We'd been talking about St. Patrick and about how he'd taught the Irish people about God, and especially how he used the shamrock to teach them about the trinity. We made some salt dough to create our own shamrocks (and some other fun St. Patrick's day shapes). We rolled and cut and baked one day and then painted the next.
Kathleen had school that day, where she and her friends hunted around the schoolyard for coins left by a visiting leprechaun. She loved it! We also had soccer on St. Patrick's day. It was Madeline's first try. (She's not technically old enough, but they made a "little sister exception.") She was great! Both girls will continue with their soccer lessons until we leave...
Finally, since we don't have a river to dye green (you can take the girl out of Chicago...), we dyed our bath water! Madeline and John David thought it was hilarious.
(We all hope you had a very...)
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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