St. Patty's Day and Little Green Men

The evening before St. Patty's day the girls always put out doll furniture and their miniature treasure chests. They make sure the leprechauns will have fun out our house and leave gifts! They came as usual, and this year they brought chocolate, gold coins again. Adelle was SO excited. She loved the coins!

She also loved the the furniture and cushions were all askew! She loved the pink glitter all over the furniture and the small drops of party drink still lingering at the bottom of the tiny cups. She also noticed small blades of grass and was almost beside herself. She tried to find the leprechauns trail from our yard to our kitchen table. She was certain she found it.

Lydia seemed less than impressed and remarked she was disappointed that they didn't leave a letter this year. I guess we can't all be happy.

When Adelle came home she told me that her friend had educated her that pink glitter is not from leprechauns, but from love bugs. Adelle gathered every pink sparkle she could find, placed in a plastic bag, and said she is saving it for when she is older and needs to find her true love.

We celebrated as a family by making corned beef, cabbage, mashed potatoes and for the first time I made soda bread. The girls didn't care much for the corned beef and cabbage (like usual), but they loved the soda bread. It reminded me of KFC biscuits.

Violet had one of the hardest evening ever and was so crabby. We made it through though.