Late With the Leprechauns

I'm only 2 weeks late with this story, but I did not want to forget to tell it since it's so cute. The beginning of March, Caden's teacher told his preschool class all about Leprechauns: how sneaky they are, how they have pots of gold, and how if you catch one, they have to give you their gold. Well, that day, when the kids were outside playing, the Leprechauns came into their room and created quite the mischief. They knocked over chairs, dumped a bucket of books and even played with the toys. Caden came out of school that day talking all about the sneaky Leprechauns. He tried his best to find one in our house (even snapping pictures behind his back), but in the end, decided that the Leprechauns lived only at his school. They Leprechauns continued to play in his classroom when he wasn't there until St. Patrick's Day (also known as "Green Day" to Caden). On Green Day, they did all sorts of St. Patrick's Day activities. During the art project, Caden developed quite an elaborate plan to catch a Leprechaun. Miss Heather said he was so serious as he explained it to her and that it was well thought out with the trap and using gold glitter as bait (we watch way too much Scooby Doo). The kids came back into the room too quickly after playing and scared the Leprechauns. They didn't see them, but the Leprechauns had to hide so fast that they dropped their gold for the kids to find. I wish I had had a camera to capture the facial expressions...pure excitement...GOLD! Since St. Patrick's Day, Caden wants to wear his "green outfit" all the time. He'll wear it for 3 days in a row before I put my foot down and tell him it has to be washed. He had been sure the Leprechauns would come back to school, but now he's decided to agree with Mommy that they must have gone back to Ireland until St. Patrick's Day next year!

Miss Heather gets a gold star for the St. Patrick's day fun and excitement!