St. Patrick's Day has never meant much in our home (okay, Macy's birthday is on St. Patrick's Day) but, as far as St. Patrick's, we never did anything besides dress in green. This year I decided to steal a friends idea, and try something new. So, the night before we made a leprechaun trap. Raegan was so into this, I had no idea that this would strike a cord with her. Her trap plans were so detailed and elaborate. I had to bring her back down to earth, and down scale her ideas immensely. So this was the revised plan she came up with: prop up a decorated box with a stick, place a plate of sticky treats (including marshmellows and gummy worms) under the box so that the leprechaun would get stuck on them, which would cause him to knock down the trap on top of himself, then he would fall asleep on a green pillow (we don't want him to be uncomfortable), and he would become our pet.
The next morning Raegan came out to see what happened and she was apprehensive to lift up the box because her pajama's didn't have any green on them, and she didn't want the leprechaun to pinch her. Once I convinced her it was okay, she lifted the box, and started tossing the green treats left and right looking for the leprechaun under all the things, as she's throwing the treats she's saying "WHERE IS HE?" She then realized that those were fun treats she was throwing out and that the leprechaun must have gotten away. Maybe she'll have better luck next year and we'll have time to put together her hanging net trap from the ceiling that's attached to a rope she can pull just at the right moment when the leprechaun gets under it.
