PROUD FINN
URHO is the boy for me!
Happy St. Urho's Day!
Since I proudly and thankfully won this great contest, I have to tell you the whole story.
Yesterday, I woke up at normal time. Forgot it was St. Urho's Day until I turned my computer on...sent my kids to school in absolutely no purple at all. Went about my busy day. I got an email and a text from Mindi and Peg regarding this fabulous contest. So, because we like to roar our heads off about really stupid things, I decided to win the contest.
At 2:00 or so yesterday, I pulled out paper and paints. I sat down in earnest to make my signs. Jack asked, "Can I paint with you mom?" To which I responded, "Sure. But don't mess my signs." (Seriously? I said that to my three year old?) When Cory got home, I asked him to spray my hair purple. Mid-spray, Cole gets home from school and asks what we're doing. I said, "Duh! It's St. Urho's Day! Wanna be an honorary Finn?" (He said sure, and got purple hair, too, but didn't enter the contest. It's okay. He wouldn't have won.)
When I was ready for my photo shoot, Cory was busy. I got really grumpy, because by this time, I was very invested in my project. Grumpily, I asked him, "Do you want me to just have Cole do it?" What I will say about the captain: he is very supportive of my lunacy.
(We DID have pannekkuku for dinner and had a Finnish heritage lesson. It wasn't a total loss.)
(We DID have pannekkuku for dinner and had a Finnish heritage lesson. It wasn't a total loss.)
So...was it worth it? Heck yeah. Winner, winner, mojakka dinner. If Mindi, Peg, and I aren't still up to these antics when we're 70, we'll have failed. These two make me laugh til my cheeks hurt.
Proud Finn.
5 comments:
Purple hair IS good! A for effort. No doubt. And you are making it hard to pick...
I had to come back and laugh some more!
Trust me. I needed a laugh.
Really Lenny.
Purple Hair.
Above and beyond the call of duty.
i think you are disqualified for...alright. crap. YOU WIN!
Funny and congrats!! Every year I teach the "finns", a term I can only use loosely here, about St. Urho's Day; it's more of a MN tradition than anywhere else. I first learned about it from a lady I worked with in Brooklyn Center and then an engineer I worked with in CO had a St. Urho's Day party every year. When people ask, why purple I understand they are ignorant of the usual color of grapes and tell 'em it's the color of royalty of course ;P
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