Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our St. Patrick's Day celebrations began yesterday with a surprise package in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa W*, with a box of Lucky Charms and a fun, green tablecloth. Thanks so much! The kids loved it! And then later, we made a leprechaun trap for Family Home Evening (forgot to take a picture). Adam had such a hard time sleeping, because he so wanted to catch a leprechaun and keep him as a pet.


I'm not sure if that's offensive or not, because technically, you shouldn't keep tiny people as pets. It's wrong. But, seeing as how they don't really exist, it's probably not terribly offensive.

Unfortunately, this morning, he woke up to find that the leprechaun escaped, but not before making all sorts of mischief around our home:

green footprints and confetti all over the floor,

green milk (which made our dinner green),


and they took the green crayons and markers that were left in the trap as bait, leaving behind 2 pots of gold, before making their escape.

They really did love the pots of gold (can't you tell? :) ). Adam is just bummed about not getting a new "pet."

I'm not going to lie; I was glad that the leprechaun escaped the trap. It's hard enough keeping a fish, a mouse, 2 kids, and a husband alive and out of trouble.

A little, green mischievous leprechaun would be more than I could handle at this point. :)