St. Patrick's Day Fun!

We had a wee bit o' fun with St. Patrick's Day today!  We started the day with a discussion about why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  Thanks to Megan's recent obsession with Veggie Tales:  Sumo of the Opera, which has a short film about the history of St. Patrick, RJ and Emily were able to tell me and my Mom the history of this great man.  (See the YouTube video below)

For our art project, the kids had fun transforming themselves into leprochauns and making their names "Irish".  They also did some St. Pat's themed word puzzles and coloring sheets.



For dessert, I made mint flavored, green cupcakes with green buttercream frosting and Skittles rainbows.  Thank goodness we didn't give up sweets for Lent!  (Well, Matt gave up candy, but not desserts, so he can have a cupcake without a rainbow.)  They don't look "Cupcake Wars" worthy, but they sure do taste yummy!

Here's the Veggie Tales St. Patrick short film:

 

 

 

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields and,

Until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

~Irish Blessing