St. Patrick's Day at our house

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? We have a few little traditions, that I thought I'd share with you here.

I like to start the day reading a couple of just for fun children's books:

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(Out of Print~ check your library)

After that we had surprise green cereal (with a couple of drops of food coloring in the bowl, underneath the  cereal~ fun to add the milk)

Eldest put together this new cover photo for her facebook page:

Next we made green smoothies~ this year we used frozen kale and spinach for the green, a banana, 2 Tbs chia seeds pre-soaked soaked in milk, frozen mango, frozen pineapple, and a splash of vanilla. Yum!

On to more faith-based celebration~ This lovely song ends with a recitation of St. Patrick's Shield: (Slightly different translation in the song)

Christ be with me, Christ within me,

Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

and on to Veggie Tales' retelling of the story of St. Patrick (Which can be found as a "short" on Sumo Of The Opera if you want to own it yourself~ in the meantime check out this youtube upload).


Now we need to make a treat for the open house at Eldest's Irish Step Dance Studio, and put her hair up for her performance this evening~

Then we'll be home to eat... and finish the day with a homemade "Shamrock Shake" (Mint chocolate ice cream shake, with ice cream from our favorite local dairy!)

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

Feel free to comment and/or link to your Irish celebrations in the comments~ I'd love to hear what you've done!

Blessings~

Hodgepodge of thoughts~

  OK, I just saw this Meme, hosted by From This Side of the Pond, and even though I'm supposed to post on Wednesday, I didn't find it until Thursday, so I'm joining in late. Maybe you'll learn something about me. :)(And visit the Meme to get some insight into some other folks' thoughts on this hodgepodge of questions...)

 

1. Your favorite chocolate treat?

Lately~ Reisen caramels~ YUM!

2. What more than anything else makes you feel loved?

Family~ pleasant time together~ people (Children specifically) doing "things" without being asked.

Friends~ "out of the blue" comments/compliments~ Wow! someone is taking notice? Warm fuzzies

3. Cherries or blueberries?

Oh, blueberries, definitely~ LOVE them by the handfuls, on cereal, in yogurt, on ice cream, and in pie (raw surrounded by cooked, and topped with real whipped cream~ YUM!) (Oh, and let's not forget pancakes, muffins, and even biscuits with blueberries~ who needs jam?)

4. What is the one trait you most want the leader of your country to possess?

I'll agree with many others~ Integrity, and all that it entails.

5. Are you a saver or a spender?

Um... I'm a saver of the money we don't have to spend. :)

6. If you gave a party for all of your friends would they already know each other?

Nope~ A goodly portion might, but we have friends (or perhaps, sometimes "Acquaintances" ?) from many walks of life. I'm always surprised when I find out that friends in different circles know one another.

7. Are you interested in antiques?

Well... sort of, but not in a "I have to buy that" way.... however, that being said, my whole family loves to visit those multi-antique stores to see what interesting things can be found. If I had more space and $, I'd be more interested in antique furniture, specifically. 

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I'm a day late to this meme, because I just found it, but I think it's kind of like "There's no stupid question"... in this case, "It's never too late to join", right? I'm so blessed by the access the internet has given me, to be able to "meet" people I would have little chance of meeting in "Real" life. There are some extremely special people whose hearts are filled to overflowing with love and caring for "The smallest" and/or "The unlovable". Very cool to see "Hearts to God, Hand to Man~ Salvation Army Band" played out on sometimes a daily basis.

This was fun~ thanks for letting me play, even if I was late... :)

Blessings~

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