When the kids were little I used to have so much fun on St. Patty's. For years I had them convinced we had a wild little leprechaun who showed up and created all kinds of mischief over night. When they weren't paying attention I would put a wee bit of green food coloring in the bottom of their glasses. As I poured them their milk, it would magically turn green.
It did not end there. While cooking scrambled eggs, or macaroni and cheese, or spaghetti noodles, or mashed potatoes the same thing would happen, they would magically be turned green sometimes in the cooking process. (thanks once again to the ole green food coloring.)
As they got older they became determined to try and catch the wily little fella. So they would set up traps with some 'gold coins' in them. Some years it was chocolate, later as they lost their teeth and had the tooth fairy bring them gold dollars, they would use those. It was so fun to go through and 'trip' all their traps and make the gold disappear. (the gold dollars were returned to their piggy banks unbeknownst to them, I usually froze the chocolate to reuse, but some did get eaten, after all being a leprechaun is hard work!)
Sadly my kids are teenagers now and the fun of St. Patty's day just makes them roll their eyes at me. I miss the days of silly innocent fun. It will be interesting to see if the tradition carries on when they have children. (at least 5 years from now...no sooner, 7 or 8 would be good)
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