St Patrick's Day

I hope you all had a good st. patrick's day. 

May you all have good luck in the months ahead!

I don't like to hype this holiday too much. I just encourage the children to wear green clothes.

Lindy came down the stairs, this morning before school and asked, "Mom, where is the stuff the leprechan left."  Did she think a leprechan was bringing her stuff like Santa? Since she seemed disappointed this morning, I made green eggs and ham for dinner. The kids gobbled it up. I thought it was green and groce.

Maybe I should dye their food every night. Orange, Purple, Blue, etc. They might eat more of my cooking if I did that. By the way, I don't use liquid food coloring anymore. Too watery, color always too light.  I learned to use Wilton Icing Colors. It's pasty, works great, like magic. Not too expensive, shouldn't be more than a couple bucks for a little jar, and it will last you through most of your kids b-day cakes.  Highly recommend. I guess you should still use the watery food color to dye your easter eggs, though.

You can get the Wilton stuff  in the cake decorating section of a store like Michael's or even Walmart. This picture shows pastel colors, but you can achieve rich dark colors if you need.

Another Subject

Overheard today:

Lindy said, "I know, mom throws all my papers away too."  Kyle continued, "Yea, all my papers just go straight to recycling." "All my work, that I work so hard on just thrown away, can you believe that?", Lindy addded.

Yes, it's true, I throw their work away, even the very day they bring it home. Our household is overrun with papers constantly. There are papers all over the house, even though I throw things out all day long. You'd think with all this saving the earth, going green, and cool technology that we would use less paper by now.