Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

He did it again!  That sneaky leprechaun escaped from our trap!  Can you believe it?  And after we worked so hard on it.

 ("Store of Gold" to lure the little guy in...)

 Ben thought that the leprechaun would like to eat Lucky Charms and we could trick him by filling the bowl with honey so he would get stuck.

 They made a ladder so he could get up to the gold (and then fall in the trap) but they kept it far away since last year he used the ladder to free himself.

 We decorated it with gold and leprechauns and shamrocks to make it that much more enticing.  And then, we went to bed.  We wanted to know what happened and what the leprechaun looked like so we set up the video camera to catch him in action.

In the morning, we checked the trap to find that he had escaped with the gold by climbing a rope he tied to the ceiling fan.  AND he ate all of the lucky charms but left the honey.  And he left some surprises around the house!

In the fridge we found Lucky Charms that turned the milk green when we poured it in along with a rainbow breakfast!

 (Yeah, that's candy, cake and goldfish crackers for breakfast...there's fruit there too.  That makes it healthy, right?)

He also used our toilet again.  Apparently he had to stand on the seat?

 As they ate their breakfast, they reviewed the surveillance footage to see how it had all happened.

 What did they find?  That sneaky little bugger turned off the lights so we couldn't see what he was doing!!!  On his way out the door, he flipped the lights back on and all we could see was the same mess we found at the trap this morning. 

As we were getting ready for our day, we found one last trick...Somehow, he moved all of Abby's underwear to Ben's drawer and his to hers!  What a mess!

 Once everyone had their own skivvies on, we headed out to register for kindergarten.

 And yes, I did cry a little bit, but not until we got back in the car.

Now we are all snuggled up on the couch (Ben decided he needed his jammies back on...) watching the original "Parent Trap"!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!!