I'm a minimalist homeschool mom. Some homeschoolers make big deals about all the holidays. They do unit studies and special lessons. They do parties or crafts. You remember all the stuff you did in elementary school? Groundhog day, Valentine's, President's Day, etc. Not me. Maybe my kids will grow up and regret the fact that we never made Lincoln top hats or watched videos about groundhogs in Punxsutawney, PA. I hope not. But St. Patrick's Day is easy to celebrate since we have to eat dinner anyway (and St. Patrick was admirable in his service to the Lord). We had a special St Patrick's Day dinner last night. Corned beef, potatoes, carrots, and Brussels sprouts (of course, that would normally be cabbage, but Sam just loves Brussels sprouts, so we did those instead). I roast the corned beef in the oven rather than boiling it and we really like it done that way. The potatoes were boiled in the beef drippings. I left the carrots and Brussels sprouts plain for the kids in case they didn't like the corned beef, (but they all did). We eat this about once a year and always enjoy it, and yet never do it more often than that... maybe that's key to enjoying it?
Green icing on cupcakes for dessert.
And I'm a dork. A lucky dork. Here's the seasoning packet that was stuck to the bottom of the corned beef the entire 3 hours it baked in the oven. (It didn't melt, so I felt lucky).
Hope you had a fun and happy St. Patrick's Day.
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