Somewhere along the way, St. Patrick's Day evolved. It used to be you just wore green and tried not to get pinched. Now it's green milk, green pee, and a tricky leprechaun.
Richard, a K teacher and school icon at C/D school (he runs the Hickory class) is all about going big over holidays, an unusual quality at a school that tries to make every day special but no day too special. He has a solid relationship with Shamus, a leprechaun that visits not just on St. Patricks Day but the entire week surrounding it. He pees in the toilet and doesn't flush, he leaves green footprints, he makes a mess of things. Unfortunately, neither C nor D were in Richard's class last year and so they feel a bit cheated.
This year, C wasn't taking any chances, so she left Shamus a note at our apartment. Shamus showed and left a lot in his wake. L wore as much green as she could, came home from school and said, surprised, "Mom it actually worked out. I mean I didn't get pinched!"
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| Love Charley |
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| Look what a mess he made! |
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| He even left his glasses hanging from our chandelier |
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| A little late night memory with the gals |
