On the Saturday before St. Pats day we went to see the dying of the Chicago River. Every year since the 1960's (I believe) the river is dyed bright green to celebrate the holiday. I have lived here for almost 9 years and have never witnessed it! So we packed up the kiddies and watched it first hand.
*Interesting fact: An orange-colored, vegetable-based, powder dye is used to turn the river green. As soon as it hits the water it turns the bright green you see here.On the following Tuesday (the actual St. Pats day) we started the day off right with breakfast. Boy was Noah surprised when he saw his oatmeal and milk were both green!. Kinda gross looking, but he didn't mind at all!
Later that morning we had a great day planned with our friends Lizzie, Mary and Katie. It was a beautiful day with temperatures in the low 70's so we went to the park to play and then we all had a picnic lunch by the lake. Lunch included a few green favorites- green bagels, green grapes and pesto chicken pasta salad.
After an very fun, but exhausting day, Noah and Millie cooled down and took a relaxing green bath...
...and finally, Mommy relaxed in her own way after everyone was tucked in for the night. Jon made me a delicious Green-na Colada and it went great with the shamrock cookies we made the day before. YUM!
2 comments:
Wow...I can't believe that is Millie in the tub...I don't even think it looks like her! Her hair looks blonde...well the hair she has that is :) We miss you guys and can't wait for it to be "lake" time!
This is sooo cute! I knew you'd have somehthing fun and creating planned for the kids for St. Patty's day! Love the green bath!
You guys have been up to quite a bit lately -- I've been catching up on the posts that I missed -- looks like I need to check in more often :)
Hello to everyone there from me!
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