Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! We didn’t do the traditional corned beef and cabbage – I wasn’t up to it this year. But we did start a new tradition called the “Leprechaun box.” Here is how it works:
The night before St. Patty’s Day, we decorate a box that will be used as a trap for Leprechauns. The story is that the Leprechauns only come out one night every year, and if you are lucky enough to catch one, the only way he can get out of the trap is to leave goodies and toys. Since Leprechauns are only corporeal in the moonlight, you have to set your “trap” (in this case the decorated box) on a moonlit windowsill. When the kids wake up the next day, there is magically gold coins (made of chocolate of course), toys, and other treats inside their trap.
DD decorated her box in her usual “orderly” way by stacking the stickers on top each other. She loved opening the box this morning (although she only gets a couple pieces of candy per day).
The only problem I see with this tradition is that this year, St. Patty’s Day is so close to Easter, we are going to be drowning in candy!
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