St. Patrick's Day - 2025

The day before St. Patrick's Day, the boys announced that, yet again, they were planning to set up a leprechaun trap in attempts to capture one of those pesky guys.  They brainstormed, gathered supplies and did everything ON THEIR OWN.  

As I watched them from a distance, I realized that I needed to (quickly) plan for the escape.  I spent a bit of time in my office, made a quick trip to the store, and then pulled everything together after they headed to bed.

The trap, set up to lure the leprechauns with the promise of gold coins inside, was originally propped up:

With no success, but instead, there was a note left behind and coveted rainbow-colored, fruit-flavored jellybeans left behind for their efforts.

I think that they boys were just as pleased with the 'reward' left behind.

It was too much of a challenge to get a collective picture of the kids before school, so we settled on one afterwards.  Being big Michigan State fans in our household comes in handy when looking for green shirts.  Ha!