Rainbow

Driving home from St. George (which happened to be March 18), Lexi asked, "Hey Mom. Why didn't we do anything fun for St. Patrick's Day?"

Darn it.

I thought I had gotten away with it.

Being in St. George on St. Patty's Day, we of course did fun things, but nothing relating to St. Patty's Day, besides wearing green. Making fun green foods was definitely not going to happen while staying in a hotel. However, while packing before leaving home, the thought did cross my mind that I should bring a simple craft for the kids to do in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I knew Lexi would especially enjoy it.

Prepping and packing for a family get-a-way is, of course, always stressful and chaotic. Needless to say, there was no St. Patrick's Day craft or even coloring pages that made it in the bags.

The day after we returned home, Rob came home from work with something fun for the kids up his sleeve.

He had received a little bag of St. Patty's goodies at work. He buried it in the sandbox and drew a rainbow to place over the top of the buried "treasure".

Rob then hid papers with letters around the house. On the other side of the papers were clues and quick activities for the kids. One of them being, "You have three minutes to run upstairs, find something green to wear and put it on."

The kids found the pot of gold waiting for them at the end of the rainbow.

I love my hubby and his creativity.