The Korsvall house made an attempt to honor our roots and celebrate the spirit of the Irish a few weeks ago. We started our celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Sunday when we made yummy corned beef and cabbage for dinner. Emilia and I enjoyed the leftovers for lunch all week. We also made Irish potatoes, a sweet treat from my days at Tripician's Macaroons.
On the actual St. Patrick's Day, Emilia was a little confused when I didn't get her dressed before breakfast. That was intentional. We were having a special "green" breakfast -- green food coloring added into her normal breakfast of oatmeal mixed with pear yogurt.
We also both had a special treat when we discovered that daddy had gone to Dunkin' Donuts really early before he went to work and left us some special treats. Surprisingly, Emilia really wasn't into the donut, so mommy was left to polish it off for her (the sacrifices of motherhood).
Not dressing Emilia until after breakfast was a good call.
That night, we had another treat: lime jello. Emilia was particularly excited about this. She saw me making it the night before and was distraught over not being able to have it then. When she woke up the next morning and I told her we were going to have a special breakfast she asked, “jello?” Here she is sharing her treat with her buddies, Nathan and Clara.
I had hoped that all of the focus on green things that week would help Emilia learn that color, but no such luck. Yellow, pink and red remain the featured answers to any question that starts, "what color...?"
Our little Irish lassie
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