We have had a fun and busy week! We didn't do many St. Patrick's Day activities because we had a lot going on-one of which was preschool. I taught our preschool group this week and our theme was St. Patrick's Day. Between babysitting and preschool, we had 11 kids here on Tuesday!
On Tuesday, we made paper plate shamrocks and Thursday we made rainbows and rainbow cupcakes.
Daddy had to work overtime on Saturday and Sunday was going to be a busy day for us, so we celebrated St. Patrick's Day on Saturday with some fun food.
For breakfast we had green pancakes. Gwen wasn't so sure about them.
Adam and Tessa spent part of the afternoon decorating their box for a Leprechaun to fill. They were hoping to get some treats!
For lunch we had green pasta, green juice, and rainbow fruit.
Before bed on Saturday night, I told the kids the Legend of the Leprechaun. The story goes that if you leave a decorated treasure box under the moon, a Leprechaun will come and fill it with treasure and then hide it. If you find it, you are allowed to keep the treasure, but if not, the Leprechaun can come back and take what is his. He also leaves a trail of green behind him.
The kids woke up early Sunday morning, anxious to see if any sneaky Leprechaun's had come to our house. They were thrilled to see a trail of green string all over our house!! They followed it as best they could until they found their hidden treasure box!
They were excited to find chocolate gold coins and some fun green treats! We had a very nice Leprechaun!
This morning, (Sunday) was Uncle Ben's mission farewell. He leaves for Chile in about 3 weeks! He gave a wonderful talk on the Atonement and we were glad to spend some time with him today.
It takes some time, but Gwen will eventually warm up to her uncles-especially if they have phones for her to play with.
Not only was today St. Patrick's Day and Uncle Ben's farewell, but it was also Ma and Pa's 34th wedding anniversary. Lots of reasons to celebrate and we were thankful for them all!
