happy st. patrick's day, friends

Well, Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!! I LOVE this holiday! It is so much fun to celebrate and learn about! In fact, I have a very funny St. Patrick's Day learning story to share.....

During the month of February I taught all of my little bumble bees words that were related to black history. One of the words was...... heritage. Of course they did not understand what heritage was. Some thought you could just go buy heritage. So, Ms. Megan had to explain. By doing so, I explained to them that my family has a strong Irish heritage because somewhere down the line good ole' Westmoreland men decided to leave Ireland and come to the U.S. blah blah blah blah blah..... So, they got it!

Well, last week, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, one of our bonus words for spelling was..... Ireland. And, every week my sweet little bumble bees have to write a sentence with their spelling words. Some of the sentences are awesome, and some are not, to say the least. Well, one little girl, bless her dear sweet soul, turns her paper into me with a huge grin on her sweet face. And I take her paper. As I am reading it, I realized what she was grinning about. Would you like to know what her bonus word sentence said. I will tell you
"Ms. Megan is from Ireland."
Ha ha! Close, but no cigar!

So that is my funny St. Patrick's Day story! And in case you did not notice the time stamp on this bad boy, it is in fact 7:45 AM! Why in the dear Lord's name am I up on my Spring Break before the sun has even come up over this valley? I have no idea! I do know, however, that I am ridding into town with my parents this morning, at 10:00, for their doctors' appointments. Then, we are going to the grocery store to buy ingredients for our St. Patrick's Day feast!!

That is right, I will be cooking a St. Patrick's Day feast. On the menu today we have Shepard's Pie with a side of Roasted Cabbage and Apples! And for dessert, we will be having St. Patty's Day cupcakes! Oh yum!!

These recipes were taken from Kaboose. It is a fabulous website that I have been using A LOT during student teaching! It has tons of fun facts, activities, recipes, etc... for holidays! It would be great for moms to use as well. In fact, I think it was intended for mothers. Oh well! :-)

I am off to get ready for the parentals' doctor appointments! Everyone have a wonderfully fabulous day! Be sure to wear green.... !