St. Patrick's Day

Saturday was the St. Patrick's Day celebration at the community center for the student housing complex. Brunch was served-- piping hot green eggs (scrambled), green hash browns, and ham (not green), along with an assortment of rolls, croissants, and other sweet pastries. The kids enjoyed some fun outside: painting, play-doh, and a candy hunt (picking up candy hidden in a grassy field).

Todd enjoyed playing in the playground with another little girl about his age. She reminds me a lot of Molly-- same size, same hair, same age, same independent streak. It's no wonder Todd took to her immediately and assumed his "big brother" role with glee.

Here's a couple pics of Todd. I forgot to bring my camera, so the first shot is from my phone-- it features Todd on the see-saw, after having his hair freshly spiked and sprayed with green paint. The next picture was taken a few hours later, after we'd gone shopping and returned home-- by then I had the camera, but his hair color had mostly faded, and the spikes relaxed. Note the hand-written name tag, though-- in an appropriate color, too-- green!





Todd LOVED having his hair dyed, and enjoyed the little festivities. It wasn't much, but for a little kid, it's plenty of excitement :-D He kept asking when it would be St. Patrick's Day again, and if he could dye his hair green again. He was a bit sad when showertime rolled around and he observed the water turning green as I washed the last of the dye out of his hair. Ah well-- as quickly as time flies, next year's St. Paddy's Day will be upon us before we know it!