For family home evening this past Monday we had some friends over for a lesson and then to build leprechaun traps and have Sprite and lime sherbet floats. These have now become Zach's favorite treat. I didn't get a chance to take pictures at this activity.
Yesterday I made the boys some leprechaun hats and beards and we had a gold hunt in the backyard. Caleb's and Zach's faces in the first picture show well how each felt about the costume idea. That beard and hat came off Caleb as fast as possible. They both loved getting to be leprechauns and finding the Rolos and plastic gold in the backyard.
It was a bit windy which didn't work so well with the beard...
This morning the boys woke up to find that in spite of their efforts to trap the leprechauns, those sneaky little guys got up to their usual St. Patrick's Day mischief.
Our pictures were decorated
Footprints were left to show how our cleverly designed traps failed to do their job
The chairs in the kitchen and dining room were tipped over. Zach was especially impressed that one chair ended up on the table. Those little leprechauns are strong for their size.
The milk was turned green:
At least the leprechauns seemed to have had a hole in their gold bag and left chocolate gold at the scenes of their crimes. The boys loved getting to eat chocolate before breakfast.
Caleb was a little slower to get into gathering up the gold we made Zach leave for him. It didn't help that when he was dazed and still waking up Zach kept running up to tell him more about what the leprechauns had done and shoving chocolate into his hands. In the picture below, Caleb is modeling the stickers the leprechauns put on the boys while they were sleeping. The thoughtful little guys wanted to make sure the boys weren't in danger of getting pinched due to the lack of green on their pjs.
A nice display of the gold Caleb gathered...
After exploring and eating chocolate, Zach decided that St. Patrick's Day would not be complete without showing some Irish heritage pride and posting our little flags in the front yard.
Breakfast highlights included the green milk and cinnamon rolls with the icing dyed green. I'd bought Lucky Charms for the occasion but forgot about them until about lunchtime. Oh well.
Since St. Patrick's Day happened to fall on Sunday this year and Zach was in need of a new church shirt, the boys got new green dress shirts to wear for the occasion. These will also double for Easter clothes. Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!
