::Catching a Leprechaun .. Harder than it Looks::

Well, Bryson came home from school on Friday so excited about the days events he just couldn't wait to share them with me. He started telling me about how the 3rd graders got to build Leprechaun traps and they were so cool and he was going to build one and try to catch a Leprechaun. So he spent all of Saturday morning finding things around the house to construct his Leprechaun trap ... Here is the trap before Lucky got to it ... ...he spent more time Sunday perfecting the trap and adding little notes to "trick" the Leprechaun's. They said things like: "This is my gold" "No Leprechaun's allowed" "Stay off my box" things like that. They were so cute and so well thought out. He made us buy the gold chocolate coins to use as "bait" for them. He set the trap up every night hoping to catch a sneaky Leprechaun but had no success the first couple of nights. I told him they are very careful not to come out until St. Patrick's eve and not to get discouraged.

We woke up Wednesday morning and everything seemed normal until we got down stairs ... We saw all of Bryson's carefully thought out and placed post it notes all over the living room floor and the trap had been disturbed. and after Lucky came for a visit!! Bryson was so excited .. we listened very carefully but couldn't hear any Leprechaun noise coming from the trap so we carefully took it apart and Bryson found a special note to him "You will never catch me!" instead of the Leprechaun we found a small surprise for Bryson and Kira. Lucky the Leprechaun had left them each and small bowl of candy with some silly string to play with. Bryson was disappointed at first that he didn't catch the Leprechaun but he quickly got over it and had a great St. Patrick's day. He even got to go to the Jazz game that night and celebrate a great win with the Jazz!

I hope everyone else had a fun and eventful St. Patrick's day.

Until next year Lucky Leprechaun ... we will catch you!!!