Here are the kids sporting their green for St. Patrick's Day. Aaron thinks his shirt is so funny. It says, "This is my lucky shirt." He also has one that says, "Kiss me. I'm Irish" which cracks me up when he wears it because he just looks so Irish. Wink, Wink. Hannah's shirt is hard to see. It has a shamrock, rainbow and a heart made out of pink and green sparkles. They made sure they had green in their pajamas when they went to bed last night so they would have green on first thing in the morning.
Each year at our house the kids make Leprechaun traps and set them out the night before St. Patrick's Day in hopes of catching a Leprechaun and getting his gold. Hannah told me if she got the Leprechaun's gold she would buy me a new Beth Moore book.
On Sunday afternoon we spread an old tablecloth over the kitchen floor and got to work making the traps. These are our decorating supplies. Lots of green and gold.
Hannah is hard at work. She worked for a solid four hours on her trap.
Rachel doesn't "believe" but she likes to have fun. Plus if you don't catch a Leprechaun he leaves a little gift. This year Rachel scored a High School Musical 3 dvd. She hasn't seen it yet, so all her hard work on her trap paid off.
Aaron's trap was probably the most thought out. His had a trap door and inside the door was an old jar. He put double sided tape all over the inside of the jar so if the Leprechaun fell through the trap door it would get stuck in the jar.
Last night the kids put the finishing touches on their traps. What does one use as bait in a Leprechaun trap? Gold and...
...Leprechauns favorite cereal.
Aaron and Rachel did such a great job on their traps they almost caught a Leprechaun. They each found a little shoe stuck in their traps.
After one of the Leprechauns ate all of the cereal out of Hannah's trap, he lost his hat.
They always leave the kids Leprechaun dust for breakfast.
4 comments:
What a cute post! I think we're definitely setting some of those traps next year . . . maybe they catch squirrels, too? LOL! Glad you're enjoying St. Patrick's Day.
I want just a little of your creativity! I can't let my kids see your blog b/c they'll want to come and live with you! (and they'll think they got gipped in the mom dept.)
You ARE the coolest mom! What fun!! Your babes will have so many special memories because of you. Way to go, girl~
(Feel free to take a little road trip north - I'll always have coffee for you...:0) )
Love ya,
Jen
Alright Jody - enough is enough. You win the most amazing and creative mom of the year award! I have never even heard of doing anything like that, and now that I have, I don't think I have the energy to carry it out. Your kids will have awesome memories of you when they are older - and all the neat things they did as kids!
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