St. Patrick's Day 2015

It was a beautiful Spring day so Maylie and I went to town to buy some flowers for our table's centerpiece.

Dinner was full of lovely green zucchini, asparagus, red potatoes, biscuits, and Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider.

After dinner we had our annual Leprechaun's Gold Treasure Hunt. I love this simple sweet holiday.

And on a side note, our couches are sold...now we just have to get this room painted so we can bring a new one home!

Our Sweet St. Patrick's Day

I love this holiday. I love being able to call Patrick "St. Patrick" all day--for he truly is with all of his unending and sweet service he gives to us. I marvel at his tenacity and strength, his courage and endurance. He is such an anchor of steadfastness...

To begin the process of honing our simple, meaningful family traditions this year, I started with St. Patrick's Day. When Easton got home from school I left a leprechaun note for the littles.

And on their treasure hunt they found real coins from all over the world in their little pouches.

We had a real traditional Irish meal of Colcannon and Irish Soda Bread (since I learned that corned beef is an Americanized-Irish meal) and it was quite delicious!!

And I am proud to announce that I did my first ever holiday table setting. It turned out fabulous and I loved decorating it! I plan to do one for all major holidays from now on. And so even though we only did a few traditions, the day was perfect. Not too harried and frazzled, and I thankfully planned ahead.  There is just nothing like a simple family tradition that brings your family close together and gives them sweet memories.

St. Patrick's Day Spaghetti

 For one of our St. Patrick's Day activities, we made green spaghetti to play with.

And despite my tries to prevent it, they all decided that eating the spaghetti was just as fun as playing with it.

We also did a rainbow scavenger hunt where the boys had to find each arc of the rainbow scattered throughout the house and then assemble them to read the clue to find the pot of gold.  I didn't get any pictures, but it was a fun little diversion. :)

The rest of the green day.

Lucky Charms.

She looks like a tulip...

...and with her pretty red hair, I think she could pass for Irish.

A green dinner.

Then a rainbow bath.

With Shamrock cookies.

And rainbow shaving cream.

And green towels to top it off.

I love holidays.

St. Patrick's Day is our Holiday.

We claim it as ours...seeing as my maiden name is Greene and my sweetheart's name is Patrick...

Next Step: Move to a castle in Ireland?
                  Realistically? No. {But a lovely dream all the same}

 

 

Agenda:
     *For breakfast--Lucky Charms in green bowls with green cups of milk
     *For play--Rainbow Bingo and Gaelic Highlander games
     *For dinner--Ham, Green Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli, and Lime jello
     *Before bed--Rainbow shave cream in a glowing rainbow bathtub for the boys

{P.S. I love you, Green.}

Happy St. Patrick's Day/Greene Photo Shoot

This has always been a special day for our family...it's almost like another birthday for Patrick.  Now that he's a father, he gets three days a year!  Most of us only get two and that's if we're lucky!  Here's our "greene" photo shoot...our boys still have some Greene blood in them! :)