As You can See, I have set a Leprechaun Trap

He carefully laid a trail of golden coins from the front door, down the hall and into the office/scrap room (THE messiest room in the house, by the way).

The trap was set right under the office chair, near the web of computer cables, which would prove to be a tactical error.

We rigged a coin to act as the trigger for the trap. We theorized that when the unsuspecting "lepperchaun" picked up the last golden coin, it would pull on the attached string which would then pull on the stick propping up the box and--POOF! We'd have a trapped leprechaun!

So with the Trap set, we set off for the Dogtown St. Pat's Day parade with some friends.

"Do you think we caught a leprechaun, Mom?"

"I hope we caught a leprechaun." "Can we check the trap as soon as we get home?"

Well, when we got home we found out a few things.

The trail of coins was gone!

The trap was sprung!

But no leprechaun.

The box had landed on the computer cables when it fell.

Oh my, this was huge disappointment for my son. He was so sure he'd catch a leprechaun. He just knew it. He told me this about 20 times before his dad got home about 2 hours later. And he met his dad at the door with

"As you can see I set a Leprechaun trap."

My Sister

My sister is flying in from San Francisco tomorrow night!


We have great plans for the weekend starting with a visit to the Science Center with my son.

Followed by a dinner and probable night out with our siblings.

And then Saturday comes around--

Girls Night Out.