St. Patrick's Day

I didn't have time to write about this last week, so I'm writing now. St. Patrick's Day was quite the day for my children. Nicholas thought it was hilarious that we had a day to pinch people who weren't wearing his favorite color, whereas my daughter thought it was "not nice" to celebrate such a day.

On St. Patrick's Day, I took my children to the doctor's. Katie, my baby girl, was having a checkup. Nicholas smiled in delight as the doctor walked in the room without an ounce of green on. He whispered to me, "Mom, he isn't wearing green!" I told him to pinch him (which made me laugh inside that on this one day a mother encourages her children to pinch people!). Nicholas was to timid and didn't do anything, but as soon as the doctor left the room, Nicholas ran to the door opened it up and yelled down the hall, "Dr. G! You better run! I'm gonna pinch ya!" He then ran down the hall after the doctor, but never did find where the doctor had escaped to.

It just made me smile. I love children and the joy they receive from such simple things as St. Patrick's Day.