Sunday, March 18, 2012

Did you catch a Leprechaun?

We tried to catch a Leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day. So the night before St. Patrick's Day the kids (and some of their friends) colored pictures of rainbows, to help lure in the Leprechaun's. We decorated the wall with the rainbows. Next, we wrapped a box, and a can with green wrapping paper. Then we covered the top with green tissue, so when the Leprechaun stepped on it, he/she would fall into the box. We made a ladder out of sticks from the yard to help the Leprechaun up to the box. We also added gold "coins", chocolate, and Barbie shoes (Leprechaun's are cobblers by trade you know!). When we woke up guess what we found? The Leprechaun's came to our house! Ella was VERY disappointed that we didn't catch one. There was a chocolate kiss / gold coin trail from the door to the trap. In the box was a box of rainbow licorice with gold coins, and a box of Lucky Charms. The kids dug right in and had chocolate before breakfast. We had green pancakes for breakfast with green milk. For dinner we had corned beef and cabbage, green marshmallow salad, and homemade green rolls. Yum yum yum. We had a great day!

Here's the set up

We even left Barbie shoes for the Leprechaun's to fix!

There was a trail of chocolate kisses and gold coins

Here is a trail from the door to the trap

They left us licorice rainbows, Lucky Charms, and chocolate

The kids were excited and ripped into the chocolate right away!

Ella's 5th Birthday Interview


Ella’s 5th Birthday Interview

1-    What is your favorite color? Pink and blue

2-   What is your favorite toy?  Ummm… my Rapunzel Barbie

3-   What is your favorite fruit?  Pineapples

4-   What is your favorite TV show?  iCarly, My Little Pony and Mickey Mouse

5-   What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Sandwiches with cheese and turkey.

6-   What is your favorite outfit?  All my outfits that I got from my dance performances

7-   What is your favorite game?  I like Candy land

8-   What is your favorite snack?  Cotton Candy

9-   What is your favorite animal?  Baby giraffes and baby ponies

10-What is your favorite song?  Anything from Kids Bop and “In a house, in a home” from Signing time.

11- What is your favorite book?  All the books that I have at home.

12-Who is your best friend?  Kate and Sara Howard

13-What is your favorite cereal?  Coco puffs and frosted flakes

14-What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Ride my Barbie bike and scooter

15-What is your favorite drink?  My favorite drink is Kool-Aid

16-What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas and Valentine’s and Green Day (St. Patrick’s Day)

17-What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  I like to take my pink blankey. 

18-What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  I like candy bars (granola bars – Quaker oats with chocolate chips)

19-What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Chicken nuggets and salad 

20-               What do you want to be when you grow up?  I want to be a rock star and then I want to be a teacher and I want to help horses and… that’s all.