St. Paddy's this year was complicated on several fronts: first, the parade and our typical parties were being hosted on the 16th, and second the kids had a swim meet during the time we'd normally be at mass and heading to the parade. Also, it was cold, LOTS colder than last year - but we are not of the faint of heart! The temps did not slow us (in fact at the end of the day we ran to the car to warm up).
This caused us much frustration, if the swim meet was on the ACTUAL St. Patrick's day, we would have had no problem pulling the kids out. But because it was on the day BEFORE, it made us reconsider our priorities. We Dougherty's decided that we can cancel anything in good faith (school, athletic events, work) for the actual day but not for the "marketing" day. So we turned the problem into a fun two day adventure of celebrating one of our favorite times of the year.
Thomas was a trouper and partied from 1- 5 pm downtown St. Paul eating and listening to great music (well, and napping a bit as well).
The Dougherty Boys!
The Irish Girls!
Two Shamrock Princesses (one official, one in spirit)
The Dancing Begins!
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