Our Little Green Visitor

According to ancient Irish legend, leprechauns are tiny mischievous creatures who love to play tricks and HATE to be caught. Each leprechaun is also thought to have his own pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow, and legend has it that if you catch one, he will lead you to this pot of gold in exchange for his freedom. Keep in mind, thought, that the sly little guy will most certainly try to outsmart you and get away.

So, we kept our eyes out to see if we had any leprechauns sneaking around and guess what??? We did!

Day 1:

At bedtime we talked about the leprechaun and who he is, and how he likes to sneak around and play silly tricks. Addison's eyes got REALLY BIG with worry and uncertainty as she says to me, "I just don't want him to bite me."

Kristian, however, got the wheels in his head turning as he calculated the several different ways we could trap him! I love his creativity.

SO what did that sneaky little lephrechaun do? He snuck in to the kids' bedrooms and walked across them in their sleep.. leaving his tiny green footprints as evidence.

Day 2:
Since the lephrechaun loves rainbows we decided to leave him some colorful fruit loop cereal as a treat.

He made a mess of the cereal, again left his footprints, AND... he turned out milk green!! How did he do that??!


Day 3:
Wouldn't you know it? Mr. Leprechaun had to go potty! He left the toilet seat up as well as evidence of his presence...

The kids spent the day with Rebecca and she helped them build a sneaky little Leprechaun Trap!




AND, when the kids were in quiet time the Leprechaun had left them a yummy treat:


Day 4:
We celebrated our Leprechaun Day with a special GREEN DINNER: Green pancakes, Green Eggs, and our Green Milk


Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!!