Luck, Limericks and Leprechauns

St. Patrick's Day was especially fun this year. We started the night before by making Leprechaun traps (using shiny trinkets as bait) around the house so that we could catch one and get him to share his pot of gold.

In the morning the girls found that we had in fact been visited by a leprechaun but that he had outsmarted our traps. He did leave limerick clues around the house to guide them to his treasure if they could solve them fast enough. Due to the diminutive size of the wee lad, the girls had to use their magnifying glasses to read the notes left for them.

After solving all of his clues the girls finally found his treasure but the leprechaun had outsmarted us again and swapped his real pot of gold that he promised with silver and gold chocolates...

After everything there were a few more tricks up the Irishman's tiny sleeves. He somehow managed to turn our pancakes green and even turned the milk green as it was being poured... it's amazing what they can do nowadays.