St. Patrick's Day 2015

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  We had an exciting morning, certainly after a visit from a leprechaun.  Madison left her leprechaun trap out on the kitchen table, and honestly we weren't expecting anything.  I mean, it's the same trap that we put out last year.  Surely we wouldn't see much this morning.  And yet, here's what we found in her bathroom:

Crazy, huh?  Her bathroom was "leprechauned!"  There was the lighting, but then on top of that, the TOILET had green water in it.  Madison told us she thinks the leprechaun peed in it.  Everyone knows that leprechauns have green pee.

But it didn't end there.  Look what happened when she turned on the faucet in the bathroom sink:

There was actually green water coming out of the faucet!  She was absolutely floored!  It was a pretty funny morning, actually, with all the little surprises that she encountered.  For example, Mommy actually made green pancakes for breakfast, and as for the trap?  Well, there was no leprechaun captured.  There was, however, a little note - and a gift.  He gave Madison a rainbow.  It was actually a strip of sour candy, one made with the colors of the rainbow.  Yes, there was Lucky Charms involved too - it was quite a morning.  All this before school!

So the day went on as most days tend to do.  But this one was special.  The weather was just perfect, and after school, we went to piano as always.  The spring recital will have a pirate theme to it, which got all the kids running around and saying, "Arrrr!"

There were a lot of people wearing green today.  This is a fun day.  We saw all the green as we went out and shopped at the grocery store.  And while we were out, of course we had to go get one of those Shamrock shakes from McDonald's, right?  Yes we did.  We sat outside in the shade, sipping on our Shamrock shakes, and just enjoying this marvelous day.

Madison did some piano homework when we got home.  Also, some regular homework.  Lots to do each week, isn't there?  We ate well tonight, but didn't quite have enough time for an ol' Irish movie.  But we filled the "St. Patrick's Day" quota pretty big.  We did watch that Veggie Tales short, which is a really good short history of who St. Patrick is, one that is fun for kids.  But with not that much time left in the day, we opted to sit on the couch, soak Madison's toes, and play some video games for the rest of the night.  Which again, wasn't that long.

We read another chapter from "Far From Shore" tonight before going to bed.  Madison told us straight up:  "Today was a fun day!"