This year we seized a hold of the saying "everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day" and just went for it, and no one embraced the opportunity to go all out quite like Elena.
The orange socks are also very intentional. When she asked me about St. Patrick's Day, I found a book for her on RAZ Kids, and it talked about the Irish flag. Of course, she finished reading the book and demanded to know when the parade was. I told her there wasn't going to be a parade, BUT we could go on a field trip. I found a small window of time when neither girl had class, and we went to Shirlington. Our first stop was at Best Buns for some holiday treats. We got shamrock cookies and Irish soda bread scones. Yum!!
Those were save for later treats, and the girls got Robeks smoothies as their right now treat. We also stopped by our local Irish restaurant, Samuel Beckett's. They had all kinds of green necklaces hanging along their fence, so I popped in to ask if it was okay if the girls took one each. The lady at the front was so excited that we wanted some, she offered the girls green sunglasses as well, and that is the story of how Elena completed her St. Patrick's Day look.
Jeff was very impressed with it when he got home. He'd also gone to work dressed in the spirit of things.
The girls didn't get their cookies until after lunch, and they worked on them throughout their afternoon classes.
There was more green goodness for dinner too. Vivian put on her full green outfit, and we walked up to my parents' house for an assortment of green foods.
There was pasta with pesto, asparagus, and green beans. There was also salmon, but it didn't merit a picture, because it wasn't green.
There were even more green sprinkled cookies for dessert.
Everyone got into the spirit of the day, and even though the weather has decided to get cold again, we can still sense that spring is on its way, and warmer, happier days are just ahead.
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