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When I woke up Amelia this morning with a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Amelia!”

She responded, “Top o’ the morning to you, mama!”

Because that is how you say hi to a leprechaun.

Tonight I went outside with her to ride her bike after dinner. I asked her about how a leaf got in her hair and she said “Oh, it’s from when we were on the soccer field.”  It started a whole conversation about a St. Patricks Day performance they had today.  She was very puzzled about what she saw.

Mama: What did you do on the soccer field?

Amelia: We were playing instruments. It was like a flute, but not a flute, and had strings. And some people were playing the instruments. But, they were mans, but they didn’t look like mans? They wore skirts and tights.  (Puzzled expression)

Mama: What color were their tights?

Amelia: One was red and white, the others were brown and black I think. They told us about St. Patrick’s Day. They sounded like this ‘Oooo’ (growly, in a low pitched voice), not like this ‘Ahhh’ (in a higher pitched voice).

Mama: Did they talk like Mr. Ronan or like us?

Amelia: They talked like us. And they didn’t look like ladies but they were ladies because they had ponytails. Right there. (And she pointed to the middle of the top of her head)

Mama: Did they have beards like Mr. Mike?

Amelia: No, it was just right there (pointing to her chin), not everywhere.

I showed her a picture of a bagpiper from Google and she said “Yep, it was that.” And I showed her a video of bagpiping, and she said “Yep it was that, but different people.”