Ok. OK. I know St. Patrick's Day was over a week ago. I know I'm slow to post but I wanted to record what the Leprechauns did at our house on St. Patrick's Day.
First off, this note greeted my children as they came to the table for breakfast...
Then, they were off to search for the "Leprechaun gold" that was hidden throughout the house. The other side of the Leprechaun's note had a circle that corresponded with each coin that was hidden. When all the circles were filled, they had found all of the gold...
Then we sat down for breakfast and as my daughter brought the milk from the refrigerator, I curiously looked at the milk jug in her hand and asked her what was up with the milk. She glanced down at the milk jug in her hand and ran to the table, quickly set it down and then anxiously backed away as if it were poison...
The Leprechauns had turned our milk GREEN! After her initial shock, she was willing to test the milk and happily declared, "It tastes NORMAL!"
When we were finished with breakfast, she ran to the refrigerator and pantry and looked through everything to see if they had turned anything else green. They had not but it did give mom an idea.
Later, when she returned to the fridge to help me retrieve yogurt and blueberries for our snack, she discovered that the Leprechauns had returned...
And, they returned again for dinner...
Her four year old mind is just reeling as she is trying to figure this all out.
How did they get in here?
Why didn't we hear them?
How many are there?
How did they know what we were going to eat?
Oi! I had so much fun with this!
Who would have thought that this silly little activity would have much of an impact but the little guy has been pointing to things all week and saying, "GREEN."
I have no idea why I chose a goblet to dye the eggs in but it sure did look pretty.
Remind me next year of all that you do with kids on St. Patrick's day. I want to do this with the little ones...even the bigger ones...fun.
ReplyDeleteI do like the goblet picture...