Today we did "Lucky Lilacs." Grandma had sent the gifts, and I pulled out an old pair of Justin's eyeglasses. Not quite the same as Grandma Becky's... but the kids didn't seem to mind. Sadly, I could only remember the magic words "higgledy, piggledy." So, we made up some REALLY bad ones to make up for that. GQ truly enjoyed the spitting part though, and giggled whenever I spat on the lilac.
E had a great time looking for lucky lilacs (any lilac that doesn't have four petals). M didn't quite get it... as seen below. She pretty much pulled all the lilacs off the bush.
Then, she put them in her bowl. When it came time to "read" a lilac for her... I had to steal one from E.
Later, she gave this pig a bath in her lilacs.
E was much more rule oriented. She only put the right numbered lilacs in her bowl, and was seriously disturbed when I picked some lilacs from the edge of someone's lawn. Now that it's getting later I am feeling disturbed too... so we will have to take care of that later this week with some sort of peace offering to the people we stole lilacs from.
Happy Lucky Lilacs!!!
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I love that the tradition went on in Iowa! Hope the girls found something magical!
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