These days, P seems to be over his overwhelming need for reality. He's embracing the mystical, picking and choosing which fantastical creatures with which he's willing to cohabitate. The latest addition to this growing group (which features the Goo Monster (a Little Man creation), fairies, Merlin, Pegasus and dragons - but not ghosts or God. He told me yesterday that God is just a myth...) is the lucky leprechaun. Our last library craft was a leprechaun puppet, thus introducing the clueless child to yet another holiday.
Our sorry home celebration included adding natural food coloring to our leftover cauliflower soup (not an attractive addition) and then a leprechaun hunt. The possibility of the Paddy's Day Parade was on the table (alongside our greenish goo of a lunch) but the Little Man blanched at a sub ride and suggested a scooter outing instead.
Well armed with library book knowledge of leprechaun lore, the Little Man shunned green garb, going camo in all brown ("to better match the mulch, Mama), for a sneak attack.
Alas, we landed no pot of gold. But today, we did land the world's yummiest shamrock donut. Celebrating Spring, we are running adventures every day this week... before rejoining our jackets alongside next week's less optimistic forecast. So we snuck off to the Doughnut Plant (after a quick stop for some old fashioned pickles from The Pickle Guys - OMG yummy!) and the Little Man was insanely pleased to find a real, live (well, picked...) clover encased in his glaze dipped donut. Of course, it was so sweet he could only eat three bites before taking a break :) But it was a fun snack. And I realized today, I haven't been to either store since I was pregnant with the kid! I think we'll have to put the Pickle Guys into regular rotation - the Little Man is psyched to try their large selection of pickled foods.
All in all, a good holiday. No gold, but a nice, sugary shamrock ;)
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