Happy St. Patricks Day!

Today will always mark a day of great celebration in our household as it is both Pat's name-day AND the feast of Kateri's baptism. Enough of an excuse for me! We decided that as St Patrick is known for using the 3 leaf clover to teach the Trinity, we would apply that to our celebration and celebrate for three days in a row. Makes sense, right?!

On Saturday, we were able to go to the St. Patrick's day parade in Old Town.

Kateri met the parade with obvious trepidation.


She was really Not Sure what to think about everything. Mainly because of the Harley motorcycle contingent, but also because of these guys:

Pat noticed that the guy who played his bagpipes at our wedding was among this group!

Charlotte enjoyed it a lot,

And not only did she get to meet an Irish Wolfhound,

She got to meet St. Patrick, himself!

Kateri did eventually start to warm up to the whole show.

And wants to be one of the lucky kids who get to ride in this next year . . .

Even Wrigley came with us.

At the end of the parade, the sun came out and it was beautiful!

And we even got a family picture at the utmost end of the parade!

Come on K-bear! Smile!

But the celebrating didn't stop there! We went home, and Kateri took a 3+ hour nap (!!!!!) and Pat and I attacked the garage with a vengeance. And after we worked for quite some time, Kateri woke up and we called it a day.

Then, thanks to my parents (who generously watched Kateri) and Mrs Hilleary (who, last minute, watched Charlotte), Pat and I went out to celebrate St Patrick's with Mikey and Lu! Sadly, I did not take a single picture, but we had so much fun, as I am sure you can imagine, especially if you have ever celebrated St Patrick's Day with Mikey or Pat at some point!!

On Sunday, Laura and Mikey hosted an amazing St Patrick's day party! Corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, Irish soda bread, and lots and lots of other delicious tempting Lent-forbidden foods. It was so much fun, and the decorations were fantastic!

Today, St. Patrick's day itself, Kateri got to have one of her favorites for breakfast : French Toast. It was especially scrumptious because we made it with homemade bread (made by no other then Pat).

Delicious!

 

 

 

This evening, Pat brought home a special treat for Kateri on her baptismal feast!

 

 

Flowers!

 

 



White for the purity of her soul after baptism, and green because it is St Patrick's Day!


Of course we had to put them in this beautiful (and very appropriate!) vase from Aunt Gigi, which is from Ireland (Thanks, Aunt Gigi!!).

Pat enjoyed some Guinness after a long day at work. And Kateri said, "Ooooo! This is where it's at!"

"Just holding the bottle is enough for me!


BUT that won't stop me from trying for more!"

We hope you had a blessed St Patrick's Day!