Rusty's convinced that just because our last name is O'Brien and we have a few red-headed kids in our family, we are straight off the boat from Ireland. To be honest, I think we have more English and Danish in our blood, but we'll let Rusty have his little fantasy. Therefore, our family HAS to go all out in celebrating St. Patricks Day. We began the morning with green eggs and pancakes. I forgot to get a shamrock shaped cookie cutter, so we used our Dinosaur (Ben and Sam's request) cutters. It turned out fun to eat "green" food. Meg kept asking, "Are you sure they taste like normal eggs?" 
I also made sure our family had the correct attire to celebrate appropriately. No pinches in our future (unfortunately our school principle has obnoxiously announced on the morning and afternoon announcements every day for a week 'no pinching'--they are slowly taking all the fun that we use to experience out of the elementary schools:)). Anyway, we were all decked out and had fun saying things like, "Kiss me I'm Irish." or "Top o' the morning to you." And Rusty kept referring to Sam as a "Fine little Irish lad." In his best (not very Irish) Irish accent. 
5 comments:
Darling mom. I barely remembered it was St. Patrick's Day because I read a blog the night before. I am a boring mom who did not make green eggs. Cute green kids!
no pinching?! that takes all the fun right out of it!
Such a great day! Wow, a hot breakfast and so creative. My boys barely gobbled down some eggos and cereal. Maybe next year.
And thanks for the laugh about Rusty, his Irish heritage and the accent. Too funny.
Love all the shirts and pictures. They looked perfect!
How fun. I totally forgot it was St. Patty's day in the morning, and my three elementary kids went to school without any green on. I felt horrible. But, made up for it with the party that night. . . If there was a no pinching rule, which I think is silly, I am at least glad for it this year, or my kids would be black an blue by the time they got home.
I think you should pretend too...Danish people don't have fun holidays. The last name gives you a free pass!
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