St. Patty's Day Fun

Today has been an absolutely beautiful day. Being the Irish blooded people we are we started off by donning green shirts before we headed to meet our friends at the park. About then it occurred to me that I could use St. Patty's as a teaching tool to work on Drew's colors...today's color being:GREEN. After some fun at the park, we came home for lunch and rest time (i.e. Drew is still refusing to nap so its now called "resting").

I had already explained to Drew why we were all wearing green shirts and been quizzing him a little about what color the were. So after nap...excuse me, rest time...I took a quick look out the balcony to check the weather. It is so beautiful! Although I'm sure the snow will return soon, at the moment its 70 degrees and sunny. The top picture is the view from our balcony and I quickly spotted our destination...the grocery store. Its the tan building on the left. I asked Drew if he remembered what color shirts we were wearing ("geen") and then asked if he wanted to go do something fun. Of course his agreement was quick to follow. We headed out for a stroll to the grocery store were we picked up some quick ingredients ("We makin' cookies!?!?! MMmmm, my wove dem!").

Back at home we mixed the batter and put the first batch in and then the fun started. Drew helped me squeeze some green food coloring into the frosting and mix it. He helped me spread the frosting later and add some green sprinkles. Meanwhile, we sang the green song and watched Shrek 2 who's main characters just so happen to be green.

I've accepted that I will probably always be a preschool teacher at heart. That probably means receiving a few curious looks and smirks at my occasional child like behavior and love of "themey" activities. I'm ok with that though...I know what I love and it makes my time with Drew even more enjoyable. By the way, the St. Patty's Day Funfetti cookies were pretty enjoyable too!