St. Patrick's Day in the Morning

 Daddy graciously informed the boys that since they were about 1/8 Irish, they only had 3 hours to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  Which lit a fire under me to get school going.  We all wore as much green as we could find (too bad you can't see my necklace, it's jadeite and very pretty and was a birthday present a couple of years ago) and I raided the bookshelf.  Might need to flesh out our selections at the library later on today!

In the Bins:
1) St. Patrick's Day in the Morning was read, and Clever Tom and the Leprechaun will be read later.  We talked about St. Patrick and why  he is important, and where Ireland is on the map.
2) Boy #1 did some shamrock math. The alligator and tank escaped destruction for the day because they happened to be green ;-p  I also wrote numbers 0-15 on the backs of the shamrocks and had him line them up in the correct order.  We counted down from 15 to 0 and the resident Saint (ha) was pretty impressed with himself.

3) both boys drew a leprechaun using shape stencils and their own imaginations.  #1 wrote the word on his own, #2 practiced tracing and we talked about "starting dots" for letters. again.
4) boy #2 used an activity first prepared by my very own mother for her first class a few (haha) years ago.  Sorting pickes into their approprate "jar."  Good thing laminate was around, or these would be falling apart by now!

5) Not pictured are their journals, where they taped a 3 leaf clover and narrated back to me the story about St. Patrick using a shamrock to illustrate the trinity.  #1 also sounded out the word "clfr" all by himself before I could spell it for him.  Yay!

6) boy#3's favorite part of the day was going outside, which is where I am writing this post right now!  Hello, wireless router, nice to meet you.  I'd like to say I had a green snack all prepared to go with the theme, but alas, it's just date pieces (my mom calls them turds) and pretzels.  Please note the adorable jersey lined wool cap.  There is a matching diaper cover, but it's under all the other layers of green so you'll just have to imagine the cuteness.

And now there is way too much sun out here to stay on the computer any longer.  hooray Spring!