today spring arrived in the midwest. it was 70 degrees, breezy, and beautifully sunny. as you know, today is st. patrick's day. i feel like most americans can claim some amount of irish heritage. i cannot. not one iota. BUT travis is on spring break this week, and it was the perfect day to eat lunch outside and enjoy oysters and beer in the sunshine.
i hate the color green. in fact, i think kelly green is the ugliest color of all time. suffice it to say, i did not wear green today. i did, however, wear both yellow and blue, which make green when mixed. it was my subtle (too subtle) art school nod to the day. sylvie doesn't really have any green clothing either. we put this bib on her at lunch because it has at least a tiny amount of the color in there. FUN FACT: i had no idea until TODAY that not wearing green=getting pinched. that's how un-irish i am.
i may not own any green, but i did wear my awesome new shoes. they are magenta and have tassels. in short, they are an epic WIN.
after lunch, my girl and i had a brief cuddle session in the sun.
we played.
we ate.
i drank a cocktail out of darth vader's head.
i hope everyone (irish or not) had a lovely day. if your weather was as nice as ours, i hope you got outside to enjoy it.
kelly green and the color of your new shoes are my favorite two colors. :-D
Posted by: Deanna | 03/18/2011 at 10:23 AM
Deanna-Haha! To each her own! Though the color of my new shoes is awesome.
Posted by: sara without an h | 03/18/2011 at 12:16 PM
Actually, your maternal great, great, great, great grandmother was Nellie McCreery from Ireland. So there.
Posted by: Nana | 03/18/2011 at 04:26 PM
No kidding, Mom!
Posted by: sara without an h | 03/18/2011 at 09:02 PM
I'm totally with you in the hatred of the colour green.
On a different note, I'm totally in love with Sylvie's eyelashes. In love, and jealous.
Posted by: randalin | 03/19/2011 at 10:37 AM
Randalin-I'm totally jealous of her eyelashes, too! She for sure didn't get them from me. Those are her father's!
Posted by: sara without an h | 03/19/2011 at 01:42 PM
Not kidding!
Posted by: Mom | 03/19/2011 at 09:13 PM
It's so funny to me that you didn't know about wearing green! We always did that as kids, or we got pinched! We'd always say that we have on green underwear! :)
So I put the kids in green, and then totally forgot to wear green. When I came back into the living room Gabriel said, "You better go put some green on, or I'm gonna pinch you!" :) I told him I had on green underwear and then ran off to change! :)
Posted by: Alisha | 03/21/2011 at 03:48 PM
I knew that you were supposed to wear green on St. Patrick's day, I just never knew why!
Posted by: sara without an h | 03/21/2011 at 08:38 PM
Ahh, yes, I guess that's what I meant to say. The part about getting pinched. Have a great week enjoying the sunshine before your trip to Ohio!
Posted by: Alisha | 03/21/2011 at 10:28 PM