The treasure hunt for gold...
The food dyed green....
The cabbage served at dinner...
The green river....( I did grow up outside of Chicago)
So many fun traditions for St. Patrick's Day, so many things that would make for such a cute post with fun pictures to show how wonderful the day was.....
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Yea, it just didn't happen.
I did dig through my kids closets and find the 1 or 2 green shirts they had, so that's something right?
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So instead I give you this lovely blank post, without all the pinable images and things to make you say awe!
And you know, I am totally okay with that, sometimes simple is just right.
Oh, but we did go the park for a pot of gold treasure hunt with a bunch of our friends, complete with rainbow fruit.
Thank goodness one of my friends is more ambitious than me.
Sometimes simple is just great! We had all kinds of fun, but I still didn't manage any pictures. I do love the rainbow your friend made. How cute!
ReplyDeleteThat rainbow fruit was definitely cute and it got all the kids excited about eating fruit
DeleteThat rainbow of fruit is really cute. Ours was really simple too. We did all wear green, didn't want to get pinched! And I made a green dinner: green noodles with alfredo, peas, and broccoli, and green jello. Other than that, we didn't do much and I was kind of relieved that the kids didn't expect more. :)
ReplyDeleteSee you totally did more than me with your green dinner :) Yes it is nice though if kids are expecting too much. Sometimes a little simplicity is needed
DeleteI did make sure that we all had green on, but that was it for us!
ReplyDeleteGlad I am not the only one :)
DeleteHa ha yep we just wore green and that's it too!
ReplyDeletePhew, glad I am not the only one
DeleteThe rainbow of fruit is so cute! Ours was pretty simple - the Tornado wore a St. Patrick's day shirt to school, we did a rainbow craft on Sunday and dinner was Irish Cheddar Potato soup and soda bread. Oh I did get to use my sheep napkin rings from my Ireland subscription box but that's it. One would think being as Irish as I am I would've celebrated it more!
ReplyDeleteYes and Alex was in heaven when she saw the fruit rainbow, she is definitely my fruit girl. You still did quite a bit to celebrate it seems like.
DeleteI love the fruit rainbow!
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad - I didn't even realize Monday was St. Patrick's Day until I was walking Lexie home from school and we passed our local Irish pub. I saw the windows decked out in four leaf clovers and was like, Oh yeaaahhhh! Ooops. By coincidence, Lexie had gone to school in a green shirt, so I guess all was not lost!
Phew, at least she wore a green shirt that day :)
DeleteYou know, it is okay to not go all out with holidays. When I was a kid we just wore green. Period. Christmas, Halloween and St. Patrick's Day are the only ones we do anything for. We barely decorate for the others, either. Because being a mom is tough and busy and sometimes keeping the kids alive is a huge accomplishment. But that treasure hunt looks like it was a lot of fun. :)
ReplyDeleteAmen! It is good to have traditions, but sometimes enough is enough
DeleteThat's a cute fruit rainbow. St. Patty's fell through the cracks this year. I didn't have time to do anything.
ReplyDeleteYea, I had time as it was our first day of spring break, I just chose not too
DeleteOh wow that fruit platter is AWESOME!! Looks like the kids had fun with that hunt too! I stayed in a hotel room all day long and did nothing, then went to eat dinner at Melting Pot... lol :)
ReplyDeleteStaying in a hotel all day with nothing to do sounds kind of wonderful. I have never been to the melting pot, definitely want to go sometime.
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