the leprechaun

From the beginning of March until St. Patrick's day, all Gray and I would talk about is the leprechaun that we were going to catch. Gray is obsessed with money and he just really wanted to catch that sneaky leprechaun to have all the gold and chocolate coins for himself.

So based on some tips from school, we made our own leprechaun trap and we just knew it would work. We made a plan and put it into place just before bedtime on the 16th. We set it in the family room and Grayson told everyone not to go in that room the rest of the night. I could hear him yelling from his bed to Mom and Dad every so often, "you guys aren't in the family room, right??"

Well, we woke up the next morning to find quite a surprise. The leprechaun had escaped from our trap and in the process, he made a huge mess everywhere. The chocolate coins and jewels we had left to entice him were scattered all over the house. Every cupboard and drawer in the house was wide open. And to top it all off, the water in all the toilets had turned green.

We'll get you next year, silly leprechaun.