We've never had a leprechaun visit our home before but Talmage came home from school the day before St. Patty's holiday full of excitement about the leprechaun trap he was going to make to catch a real-life leprechaun that he knew would come visit that night. Gulp. So he worked all afternoon making the best darn trap a 7-year-old can muster (and with no help from his tired and pregnant mama) and that night in the middle of the living room the trap was carefully assembled and T warned his siblings that they were to go straight to bed so that our home's leprechaun would fall for his trick. It was about this time that I was praising said leprechaun because those kids went to sleep without so much as a peep!!!
You would not believe it (I know James sure couldn't!), our very own leprechaun named Giggles McGhee DID show up in the middle of the night and although the trap didn't catch him for good, he decided to leave a little treat for the children and a teeny tiny note wishing them well. You know, magic like this is so short-lived and I'm glad that Giggles McGhee made my boys sparkle with glee that morning. I didn't get a picture of the trap laid out or the green glitter Giggles left all around, and although my friend Melissa and I had a wonderfully green picnic during baseball practice my evidence of that is lacking, but here are a few quick snap shots from the day:
Happy St. Patrick's Day. It sure was a good one!!!
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