St. Patrick's Day!

As of lately my new nerdy habit is looking up information on holidays, just to know some history behind why they came about. So I thought I would share a little, not to bore you too much. But did you know ...

... St. Patrick's Day is in celebration of Saint Patrick's religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century, and has been celebrated since the 1600's
... Blue was actually the color associated with Saint Patrick
... The shamrock a three-leaved plant (not the four-leaf-clover) was used by Saint Patrick to describe the Holy Trinity
... On March 17, 1978 Irish Soldiers wore full green uniforms to catch public attention for their rebellion against British Rule
... The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland but in the United States (1762)

Anyway I thought it was pretty interesting.

Holidays have always been serious business for me, I grew up with a Mom that made every Holiday special (even President's Day). So I innately cherish that creativity and have carried it on. I woke up early and hid clovers around the house (in places that Shea would just come across) with the clovers he could get things like a kiss, a back massage, or breakfast in bed. I got this idea from the blog: Love Actually. I made a little poem to go with it explaining. Just to make things special on the back of each clover I wrote a reason why I am lucky to have Shea in my life. Then when he woke up I had him listen to the song "Lucky" by Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillet. And in the middle he was like, "Is it St. Patrick's Day?". Afterwards I gave him the poem and told him the first clover was under his pillow. I felt kinda silly since it was all a little cheesy, but he assured me that he loves cheesy. All day he kept shouting out "I found another one!" It was a lot of fun! For breakfast Shea made green omelets and they tasted delicious. I can't wait to share our fun with our kids.





(I made sure we both wore green shirts!)