Getting ready for the holiday (the one that isn't Jenni's birthday)

St. Patrick's Day, that is.

I'm not Irish and neither is Jim, but we (and by "we," I mean "I") can't pass up the opportunity to have a themed dinner. Hayley is on board for it as well. She suggested green mashed potatoes and green jello. Short of serving corned beef (which I am not familiar with), what else can we do? Any suggestions from you, the reader (all five of you)?

I'm thinking stir-fried cabbage and/or broccoli. Green paper plates and Hershey's Nuggets for decor (and that's as far as I will go to decorate).

In other news, we had ANOTHER band concert last night and this time Paul and Hayley participated. All-district band concerts feature three bands: 6th grade, middle school Honor Band, and the Wind Ensemble from the high school. I worked on an assignment for my new class but I listened as I wrote. Matt came with us to the concert and came away enthusiastic for band next year (not that he wasn't before, but he was even MORE enthusiastic). Plus a friend of his was in the 6th grade band and he wanted to say hello to Colton. I didn't bring the camera, but you have seen enough pictures of my kids in band to know what they look like when they play an instrument.

Today, Paul gets his stitches out from his mole removal. I hope he doesn't get weak-kneed. It helps that the stitches are on his back so he can't look at what's happening and get queasy. Next week track starts so he'll go back to running on Monday. He wasn't supposed to run vigorously or lift weights while he had the stitches in so we're getting them out just in time.