I'm not sure what Saint Patrick's Day will look like next year in Egypt. Jared and Lydia love celebrating this day. Leprechauns are very real to them. Since we don't do Santa Claus at Christmas I think this is the next best thing for them. Each year a "leprechaun" comes and messes up our house. Furniture is moved around, pictures are turned upside down and a treat is left for them. We are visited by very mischievous but harmless leprechauns. Some years they make leprechaun traps and other years they make rest stops. This year they wanted to sleep in the basement because in previous years that is where they set up their traps/rest stops so they associate the chance to catch a leprechaun with the basement. Last night after dinner they made a huge fort to sleep in and stayed down there even though they did not make traps or rest stops.
They woke up to an obstacle course which led them to a little guessing game for their treat. (Skittles this year). Their stuffed animals were mixed up and there were Lucky Charms and Fruit Loops for breakfast. Then Lydia and Mark left for school and Jared and I worked here at home. After I finished working at noon Jared and I headed over to a friends house for a fun Saint Patrick's day gathering. Everyone brought rainbow/leprechaun themed food and the family planned a cute scavenger hunt.
Once we picked Lydia up from school we made a rainbow themed snack and then Jared discovered a green clue on our picture board. It contained a riddle that said " What is said to be at the end of a rainbow? Go find a rainbow and see if its true." Lydia had recently commented that the rainbow from her reading nook was missing and she wondered if the leprechaun had stolen it. They looked all over our house, missed the rainbow the first time and then found it the second time around.
Sprite and Lime sherbet. We will see if lime sherbet is a thing in Cairo.Shar e
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