Going Green

When you're not Irish, you've never caught a leprechaun, and you have no idea who St. Patrick really is, what do you do on St. Patrick's day, but go green? And that's just what we did! We dedicated our day to the color green!

Lacey's class had a potluck "green buffet", and our contribution was green rice krispie treats. I thought the idea was quite clever, but Lacey said they were not particularly popular on the buffet. Picky kids - what did they expect edamame and celery?


Lacey and her classmates continued the tradition of making a futile attempt to catch a leprechaun. Lacey and Katie created her innovative trap which was left, along with her classmates' traps, in their classroom the evening of March 16th in the hopes that one of them would capture the leprechaun that visits our school each year. All of my girls have tried their hand at catching the little bugger, and we have failed year after year. Gold pieces and chocolate are always left behind, but not one child at our school has ever been successful at capturing our clever & illusive leprechaun! Well, there's always next year. You never know when our luck will change.


How do you top off a day full of green? With a green dinner, of course! Our green dinner consisted of -

• grilled chicken breasts (they were NOT green, but oregano & tarragon (both green) were part of the marinate)
• green rice pilaf (with a few craisins thrown in for a little variation)
• asparagus
• artichoke
• green salad
• limeade
  

The girls were a little unsure of the green rice, but after giving it a try, decided it was edible and actually pretty delicious.

Madi & her friend Lexi

Katie - color coordinated with her meal

Shamrock sugar cookies were planned for dessert, but it got too late - so we will have to make them later in the week! Bummer!