St. Patrick's Day 2012

Here is the table decorated for the kids to find in the morning. The cups have small themed gifts (pencil, duck, ball).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green smoothies with moustache straws for breakfast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: green milk, lime jello, broccoli, green grapes, rainbow colored goldfish, shamrock shaped sandwich or tortillas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucky Charm treats: made like Rice Krispie treats, but with Lucky Charms cereal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My kids think moustaches are so fun for some reason.

 

 

 

Ireland Unit Study

We spent the week learning all about Ireland. We used stuff from Homeschool Share and the Download N Go study, Expedition Ireland.

Books we read during the week



We were able to watch videos showing the beautiful landscape of Ireland. We also watched vidos of Irish dancing and listened to Irish music.
Some of the things we learned about:
Geography of Ireland
Animals of Ireland, including Irish setters and Connemara ponies
Famous places, including the location of the Blarney stone and the Giant's Causeway
Irish words
Saint Patrick
St. Patrick's Day
Leprechauns
Sports in Ireland


Notebook Pages
Mini books: flag, map, famous place in Ireland, why do people kiss the Blarney stone, animals, legends of leprechauns, process of making crystal, colors of the rainbow, St. Patrick card (kids got at parade)

We had Irish soda bread and stew, but I forgot to get pictures. The girls painted their own Blarney stones. The kids made leprechauns. We had a fun lunch and celebrated St. Patrick's Day. We also got to go to a St. Patrick's Day parade and see lots of Irish dancing.

Caleigh's is a rainbow (on right). Molly said there was a flower on hers, but I'm not sure what else.

Lunch: leprechuan sandwich, pot of gold, lime punch

Molly did some graphing with Lucky Charms. I got the graph here.

Caleigh is supervising Molly for me to make sure she doesn't go wild just putting anything or eat them.

St. Patrick's Day Lunch

I saw this fun leprechaun sandwich and just had to make it for the kids. We also had a pot of gold, some rainbow colored goldfish crackers, a fruit rainbow, and lime punch.

The pot of gold is pineapple and lemon jello jigglers cut into squares. The punch is lime sherbet with Sierra Mist poured over it.

The sandwiches are made by cutting the bread in a circle. The eyes are white M&Ms. I used food writer markers to draw on the mouth and the eyes. Carrot sticks for the beard and hair. An apple for the hat with a cake decoration flower.

Caleigh doesn't eat bread so I used a tortilla to make hers.

St. Patrick's Day

We had a fun St. Patrick's Day. We've been learning about the holiday and Ireland all week and I'll have another post about that soon.

The kids woke up to green milk again this year. The leprechauns got into the box of Lucky Charms we had and scattered them all over the kitchen counter. Once again, the kids found gold chocolate coins scattered all over the house during the day that they figure the leprechauns must have dropped when they realized they weren't real gold. Molly was really into finding them this year and kept searching all over. We also had a fun themed lunch.

Kids with leprechauns they made

Girls showing the chocolate coins they have left

On Saturday, we went to a St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time. It was really fun. Molly said it was the longest parade ever though. It lasted for 1 1/2 hours.