Cheers!

Happy St. Patty’s day! We woke up today around 9:30, fed the baby and then packed up our things for an all day St Patty’s Day adventure. Dan likes to pack for any contingency so we left the house loaded up with baby food, formula, blanket, pacifiers, diapers, wipes, toys, cash… We decided to walk to Mcouls (it is a 2.8 mile walk). We stopped at the Spring Garden Bakery for coffee and a shared bagel with cream cheese, then back out in the brisk day. It was sunny, but the wind was cold and it was blowing!

We cut through campus which was filled with prospective students and their parents. Everyone was ogling Bronwen up on my back in the Kelti backpack.

We got to Mcouls just as things were starting to pick up. An Irish band was playing Irish folk songs (I am going to learn the fiddle!) and the Guinness was flowing. Bronwen and I shared a pint and we waited for Chris to join us so we could get lunch. When she got there, the whole place was filled to capacity so they wouldn’t let her in. So Dan, Bronwen and I hoped in Chris’s car and headed over to an almost completely empty Café Europa. After an extremely cuminy Cubano Sandwich and a few pints we headed back to the Mcouls block part to see what was happening. We had all paid $10 to get into the Mcouls block party so we figure we should spend more time there. By this time it was becoming blustery and cold. We headed into the music tent and watched a great band perform. Clarinet, flute, trombone, mouth organ, trumpet, banjo, guitar were all cycled through each song. So much fun to watch! I wish I knew what the band was called.