St.Patty’s Day Fun!!
Many of you know I celebrate a holiday a month but one of my favorite holidays has always been St.Patrick’s Day (St.Patty’s Day). I mean the legends, stories, colors and everything are so much fun! We didn’t always celebrate this day as a child, however once I had my first child we celebrated it every year. At first we just wore and had everything green, the second year I read a folk story about how the saint ran the snakes out of Ireland and tossed a big black one in a box into the sea and all the leprechauns were thankful and always left tokens in empty boxes they found on St.Patty’s Day.How many of you love the magic and color of St.Patty’s Day? Did you know that many cities in the United States will color their rivers/fountains for St. Patty’s Day? The Chicago River is colored an emerald green every year for St.Patty’s Day. The Indianapolis fountain is done a few days before St. Patrick’s Day every year using dye. Take a peek at: Chicago River Goes Green However they do it, no one knows and the ones that may know are keeping their lips sealed.
Ready to cook for St.Patty’s Day? Woman’s Day has 9 St. Patty’s Day recipes for you to follow along and make for the big day, the mashed potatoes, shephard’s pie skillet and beer bread sound like something I want to try out this year. Or you can try your hand at making a Shamrock Shake, it may turn some away but sounds delicious. For those that want a wine for their meal check out Natalie Maclean’s Top 10 wines and food for St.Patty’s Day.
While the adults are cooking up a storm, why not keep your kids busy with some of these crafts for kids that Karen W of “Little Fun; Little Learning” found in FamilyFun Magazine. We like the Wee Leprechaun best. Linette over at Kids Fun Reviewed recently had a St.Patrick’s Day Blog Carnival and has a wonderful list full of St.Patrick’s Day Crafts and desserts, head over and check them out. The Cupcake photos look good enough to eat.There are also St.Patty’s day card, finger puppet, leprechaun hat cupcakes and the hat craft, etc.
Here’s a quick snapshot or two of the kids at the St.Patty’s Day Parade and one of the floats. I swear a child just loves it when someone throws something off a float and it doesn’t matter if it is candy, beads or crayons. It’s the joy of getting something for free. Wow they really do start off young.
What will you be doing for St. Patrick’s Day? If you got to see a St.Patrick’s Day parade tell us which floats did you like the best. My kids each had their own favorites but something tells me they enjoyed the loot even more.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget to wear your green!
