St. Patty's

Two nights ago I looked at Keith and said, husband, get in the kitchen and make me some dinner!. And by some miracle, he did. 

Once I recovered from the shock, I watched him trash my utensil drawer (above), and decided it was a good time to make the St. Patty's day treatbags for the boys. 

A few days earlier I was on the prowl for coin candy, but found none. So i fashioned some out of cookie dough and yellow sprinkles. Look, gold!

I also got some of these. 

And made them into these little bags. See?

Gold at the end of the rainbow. I copied the idea from here, but cut the candies a little shorter since I just didn't think the kids needed that many long pieces of candy. 

As with all the projects I take on, I am much more enthusiastic at the beginning than at the end. By the last few bags I wondered if the kids would even realize that I have the colors in the right order, minus indigo. If you've forgotten the order, it's ROYGBIV, remember? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. 

I also wanted to copy this idea, but we're on a no-sugar kick. We=I, as I just saw Keith eat several parts of a rainbow. Maybe next year. 

The bags were a bit at school and the boys were very proud to take little gifts to their friends. Was St. Patty's Day good to you?