This year we celebrated St. Patricks Day by making lepracaun traps (Thanks to Family Fun Magazine for the idea). The boys had fun making a green hat from an oatmeal canister, along with a miniature latter, and... the best part.... a trap door at the top. For bait, the boys cut out some fake gold coins to sprinkle on top. To create some extra enticing, Bryant made a sign that said, "do not climb the latter," for lepracauns are naghty and like to break all rules (said Bryant).

So... did we catch any???? Unfortunately, this year the lepracauns were a little too smart, and a little too quick. Although, they did leave behind some edible gold (holo rolos) and Bryant found a miniature shovel one day in the back yard that he knew for sure belonged to one of those tricky guys. Maybe next year we will have better luck.