Did the Leprechauns come to your house?

We are wearing our green today. I must like green because I had several options. I went with the green on green prints and of coarse my clover socks. A few weeks ago I optimistically painted my toenails green thinking that maybe, just maybe it would be warm enough and maybe dry enough for sandals, good thing I had the socks for back-up. (the bandage is from a chopping accident yesterday, making dinner can be dangerous.) The boys each have on their green shirts (perhaps I will try for a shot of them later--see below) and Mike found some green smiley face stickers for his work uniform.


There's a tradition in Mike's family that if you leave your shoes out the night before St. Patrick's Day then the leprechauns will leave you candy in your shoes. I had never heard of this one until he told me about it. It sounds suspiciously like just another attempt by the MIL to give out hard sugar before breakfast, but Mike assures me it's much better than her corned beef and cabbage.

It was easier to get the boys in bed last night with them anticipating the leprechauns were coming. Except Luke wanted to stay up and see them, since he wasn't quite sure what a leprechaun was. I of coarse assured him they would not come unless he was asleep. And then of coarse he was up at 1am looking in shoes for candy. Needless to say Aaron and Owen were missing some of theirs this morning. ( =

Tonight we are having meatloaf for dinner--one of the boys favorites, with green peas--another favorite. Maybe I'll put a little green food dye in the bath. I need to clean the tub anyway. I'll be up late baking sugar cookies to decorate at tomorrow's play group at the church. (I'm hoping none of the kids turn to their mom and say, "Shamrock cookies, that was SO yesterday!") What are you doing for St. Patrick's Day?