A Bundle of Myrrh

We celebrated St. Patrick last week with a new book for our collection and the obligatory Green Food. The babies are in the habit of calling this day “Leprechaun Day” and I’m in the habit of correcting them. Not that I have any problems with Leprechauns. It’s just one of my peeves since they typically celebrate this holiday at school and at school we can’t really talk about saints so it’s all about little green mischief makers.

The girls set a Leprechaun trap in their bedroom the night before and were disappointed to not have caught anything. When I woke them for school they saw it empty and assumed they hadn’t added anything shiny enough to lure the leprechaun.

I quickly went downstairs remembering I hadn’t put the chocolate coins on the table for them. I hoped this wee bit of ‘leprechaun gold’ would cheer them up….and now I’m officially as bad as their schools!

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We started “Valentine’s Day” on Friday this year with the girls having a party at school and bringing home lotsa candy. They were kind enough to share their undesirables.

And Saturday morning we had a Cinnamon Roll Heart for breakfast.

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Saturday was quite a big day for us. The German American Society we’re members of celebrated Fasching also known as Karneval or the German Mardi Gras.

“Fasching or Karnival celebrations stem from various beliefs and needs. For Catholics, it provided a festive season of food and fun before the Lenten fasting period would begin. During the late medieval times, plays were performed during the Lenten period called Fastnachtspiele.” source

The kiddos were asked to wear costumes to their German classes that morning. They were happy to oblige. Originally Gerhardt would be the only pirate but when I came home with a pack of eye patches more pirates joined his crew. Clara is the ship Leopard.

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