Rainbow Treats

In March this year we did lots of rainbow themed activities. We water colored rainbows and made a couple new color sorting games. The pom-poms ended up in a snow ball fight and the tongs for sorting with got confiscated but it was fun while it lasted. We also colored Irish maps and talked about where their Lacey ancestors came from. It's a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. It's called Inishboffin which is pretty cool, but the boys prefer the neighboring island called Inishshark. Who wouldn't really.

Traditionally, my mom cooks green dinner every St. Patrick's Day. I think her record was 22 individual green items. That's a lot of green things to come up with in our little town so we made do and had ourselves a regular Leprechaun feast.

 

The Menu

• Alfredo Sauce
• Green and White Noodles (we pulled out all the red and orange ones)
• Green Salad
• Gold Coin Roasted Carrots
• Peas
• Bread Sticks sprinkled with parsley and garlic salt
• Green Sherbet and Sprite Frappe
• Rainbow Fruit Tray
• Rainbow Jell-o

 We had some of our lovely neighbors over. They take such good care of our family. My boys love them and beg to go visit them. We're happy they braved dinner at the Lacey's so we could have our feast. Notice the napkin rings. Absolutely the only reason we use real napkins is so I can make napkin rings!

Rainbow Jell-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 My mom makes this jell-o for Thanksgiving and Christmas. At Christmas she puts the red and green layers at the top. This was supposed to have red on top, just like a real rainbow, but the pan got too full. The cool whip cloud finishes it just fine. I think this is the recipe.

Layered Jello

• Boil 1 Cup Water
• Mix in a small box of jello
• Remove 1/2 Cup liquid jello to a separate bowl. Add 1/2 cup sour cream and stir until combined.
• Add 1/2 Cup cold water to the remaining jello in the pan. Ice cubes speed up this process.
• Pour the clear jello into a 9x9 or 9x13 dish, depending on how many layers you're making and how thin you want them. Those in the picture are pretty thick.
• Chill until well set.
• Pour COOL jello-sour cream mixture gently over the clear layer. If this has already set, microwave for a few seconds and stir till it's smooth.
• Chill until set.
• Repeat with remaining colors!

And just so Robert doesn't forget how lucky he is, I sent him a little treat to school ;)