Even though they don’t fully understood, most of them showed up to kindergarten in green, hoping to pinch someone else who had forgotten.

When they asked me why we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I had to fight off my immediate response, “so we can drink green beer,” and instead went with some line about chasing away snakes from Ireland.

The kids made leprechaun hats, which resembled more of a green hatted pilgrim, but hey, green’s green.