St. Pats Eve

Today, we started celebrating St. Patricks day early. They had a parade at Byron's preschool with (get this) floats for the 3 yr olds,
an irish band (with bagpipes),
irish dancers
and fire trucks! (Alas, no Paula Dean but I did see her son what's his name and his preggo wife) The preschool is right next to the elementary school so the entire elementary school sat out to wave to the preschoolers. One of the cutest things I've ever seen in my life. They even had t-shirts made for the kids with hats, shamrock leis and shakers. Serious parade preparation here.
Byron on the parade route, waving to his adoring fans (us)...
Post parade party...
Edie slept through the whole thing...Savannah is really serious about St. Pats. The kids now have the next 2 days off. Yep, that's right. So the teachers can go celebrate tomorrow and then recover from their massive hang overs on Friday. It's crazy. Most businesses are closed tomorrow and Friday. Aaron took tomorrow off to take the boys to the huge parade downtown (brave soul).

People are talking about their plans tomorrow like it's Christmas, with a lot more whiskey involved. Don't worry mom, Aaron and I are going to wait to introduce Byron to whiskey until next year. We feel he's still a little too young and needs a little more weight to hold his liquor. Maybe just a Guinness or two this year. :)