HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

For our family, celebrating St. Patrick's Day isn't about leprechauns, or pots of gold, or the luck of the Irish.   We take a little time to remember a man who went and preached the gospel while we have some green fun! 

St. Patrick wasn't actually Irish.  Did you know this?  We didn't know until several years ago when I decided to do some research with the kids at the library.  St. Patrick was actually English.  When he was a teenager he was kidnapped by pirates and brought to Ireland as a slave.  Later he escaped and fled back to his homeland and then returned to Ireland years later as a Christian missionary.  Many people were converted and baptized. 

This morning we took just a moment to read about St. Patrick before eating our green breakfast.  A friend suggested this idea to me a couple of years ago and we've now made it our tradition as well.  The kiddos love it!