St. Patty's Day

If you are no longer young(ish), or a male in college, or don't have the hankering for green beer, St. Patrick's Day is pretty much for the kids.  Mateo's just getting around to learning what holidays are, besides the big ones like Christmas and birthdays (which to him just means lots of excitement and gifts) so it's fun letting him know a special day is coming up and exposing him to silly traditions.  We had a very mild St. Patty's celebration, by wearing green (of course), eating green mint chocolate chip cookies that I baked last night, and playing a game I found called "Don't Eat Lucky," which he found to be down right hilarious!

They don't look very green here.  But they are.  Really.

You play Don't Eat Lucky by putting some kind of treat on each of these boxes (I used mini m&ms).  Then you secretly choose a box that is "lucky."  Then Mateo picks a box.  If it wasn't "lucky" he got to eat the treat.  He was pretty darn good at his guessing.  He cleared the entire board twice!  At bedtime I usually ask him what his favorite part of the day was.  Tonight he said playing the game and seeing Auntie.