Happy St. Patrick's Day

[Flynn]

Anyone else Irish? Other than Christmas and our birthday, St. Patrick's Day was the best holiday in our house when I was growing up! Now that we have kids...well it's not the same but maybe when they grow a bit we can be a bit more festive.

We will have an "Irish feast" tonight at my parents' house with the only music being Irish...
My mom will talk in her fake accent (it's pretty good but more funny than anything else) and maybe my dad will dance a gig?

PS Oh and March Maddness begins today too! What a good day!

[twinsmom]

We grew up having every meal PURE green on St. Patrick's day. Since DH left at 4:45 this morning, and I was in the middle of nursing when he left, I didn't attempt any "green eggs and ham", but you bet he will get a GREEN dinner tonight. That's about as Irish as we get around here...

Jen B.

[DCJenn]

I'm Irish- and the dinner tonight at mom's will be corned beef and cabbage and her homemade Irish Soda Bread. Yummy. We will no doubt quaff some Irish beer of some sort.

Jenn

[Auspicious]

I'm part Irish--three-eighths, if I remember right. I have to ask my parents again (and write it down this time!).

I grew up having the corned beef and cabbage every St. Patrick's Day (though I guess it turns out that's more of an Irish-American thing than an actual Irish thing) and my Mom would decorate the house and we'd always wear something green to school.

The first year FH and I lived together I wanted to do the corned beef and cabbage but that came to a crashing halt when FH informed me he hates corned beef. So the past couple of years we've just done nothing for the holiday.

So last night we were talking about it and I said I really miss St. Patrick's Day and that people who hate corned beef and cabbage suck. (Slight exaggertion on that last part.) He was understandably surprised and we agreed that we were too wiped out to pull together anything this year, but starting next year we would be a household that celebrates St. Patrick's Day and we would come up with some mutually agreed-upon Irish meal to mark the occasion. Maybe I'll learn to make colcannon. With blighted potatoes.

[PrincessFiona]

Is it already St. Patrick's Day? Man....March is sure going by fast. That explains why my daughter wore all green to school today. Remind me to go and invest in a calendar!

Happy st. pats day!

kris

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Not Irish here but you can be sure I'll use this as a reason to make Soda Bread.
Oh, I should use the green guy:

[Sheherezade]

Part Irish here--but I look it. Red hair and freckles head to toe. I have been getting St. Patrick's Day greetings all day. I'm feeling guilty for not going down to the parade......

I am making a festive dinner, but no corned beef. I did make green cupcakes for the kids. Yeah, for the kids.......that's right.....

[SueC]

Apparently I have a little Irish on my mom's side, but I don't know how much. We are all wearing green today, but that's about as festive as we'll probably get. Oh yeah, I have a shamrock tatoo (don't ask me why I got that), so I guess I'm a little extra festive.

I am making a festive dinner, but no corned beef. I did make green cupcakes for the kids. Yeah, for the kids.......that's right.....

I've been convincing myself of how much my daughter would enjoy making shamrock cookies. It's all about the kids, right?

I'm not Irish at all, but DH is very Irish. His family goes all out. We literally get as many St. Patricks Day cards as Christmas cards. Saturday is the traditional feast. Its a blast, I'm really looking forward to it.

And I'm looking forward to March Maddness. I spent a lot of time on my bracket this year, another thing I never did before I met DH!

[HeartRN]

DH's whole side is mainly Irish....hence our daughter's name--Keelin Dureen....however, she only had a speck of green on today The other kids were decked out in her little class. Oh well...Happy St Pat's day!