St. Paddy's Day

We had such a fun St. Patrick's Day this year. Jonathan had the day off, so we decided to do some fun things. The night before I set up green buckets, full of green juice boxes, fruit snacks, some green leis and a green ball. I also taped green shamrocks all over the house so that Sami could find them all morning. They were so excited when they woke up and saw all the treats and shamrocks.

Later that morning, we took the girls to the train park. It was Jonathan and Janie's first time being there, and it had been more than a year since Sami and I had been there. We had to wait about 15 minutes before it was our turn to ride the train, and it was almost more than Sami could bear.

After the train ride, we had our first family picnic.

After lunch we took the girls to ride the carousel. Sami was really scared of this ride last year. And she was a little nervous this year. But once the ride started, she relaxed and got into it.

Janie wasn't nervous at all. She loved the whole ride and didn't want to get off.

We had a fun day. My dinner of corned beef and cabbage didn't turn out. I've tried two years now, and I think I just don't like corned beef. It's all pickley and fatty. We ended up giving the girls chicken nuggets (which they thought was awesome) and we ate cereal. Next year I'll do a stir-fry with cabbage or something.

Hope you had a great "green" day!