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Learning to Think Ahead
Last year I drove all over Rochester ON St. Patrick's Day to look for gold coins because my son came home from preschool the day before shouting "Leprechauns left us gold at preschool and I think they are coming to our house." Uh--what??? I'm all for fun and games, but preschool just upped the ante without any prior notice. So, after a long hunt around town for coins I finally found foil wrapped Easter egg chocolates from a specialty chocolate shop. I way overpaid and I had to sift through the bag carefully choosing only the golden eggs.
This year? Well, let's just say I'm prepared. I found golden wrapped chocolate coins in December and didn't even think twice about stocking up for the St. Patrick's Day holiday. At school kids are already talking about the excitement that ensues after leprechauns have been around messing up their house or rooms or even dying the toilet water green. That is a bit high maintenance for me.
Now, I must admit, even with my Irish heritage, I didn't grow up with these traditions and I am not sure what to think about these leprechauns leaving gold coins around. But, hey, a little extra chocolate never hurts :) And...it is much more relaxing and fun this year now that I've learned to think ahead.
You just described my life. I didn't grow up with any of this either. I don't think anyone did. This is a commercial thing that teachers have bought into, but I do it for my kids too because they love it. I do it in my 2nd grade classroom and I did it at my house last night. Even dumped green jello in the toilet...
ReplyDeleteSee! It's hard not to fall trap to those little green guys:-)
DeleteI laughed out loud at this slice! When my daughter was in preschool, her teacher told her that leprechauns hide in your closet at home. She wouldn't sleep AT ALL that night. The next day, I marched into the preschool so the teacher could tell her that wasn't true. Sleep is sleep, right??!?!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
Oh my gosh! You betcha. No one messes with a mama's sleep!! Great story!
DeleteI had these traditions as a kid and LOVED them. Just a bit of fun -- glad you thought ahead this year!! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteClare
Yea, as long as we keep it at the gold coins I should be good ;-)
DeleteIt wasn't something we celebrated either so I seem to never remember! :0)
ReplyDeleteI liked it better when it was just a day to celebrate our heritage, eat corned beef, and wear our green proudly :-)
DeleteSeveral of our primary teachers do this but I don't think any of them ever suggested that they go to student's houses. Yikes! I would have never been prepared! Our school colors are green and white and we would go after St. Patrick's Day and get things on clearance for the next school year. It pays to think ahead doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure why Michael came home expecting the leprechauns but those little guys came through last year and now it's apparently a tradition!
DeleteI'll be shopping AND thinking ahead from now on.
Yay for clearance sales and your awesome school colors!
I grew up in a very Irish neighborhood and we never celebrated like this. I was thinking about this yesterday...how holiday celebrations seem to change and morph. In middle school we weren't worried about gold coins and leprechauns, I had to put a stop to the never ending PINCHING if someone wasn't wearing green. Sigh... Happy St. Patrick's Day! :)
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