Sunday, April 11, 2010

ST. Patricks Day

ST. Patrick's Day is taken very seriously around here.

It's a day where wearing over sized hats, and pins claiming to be Irish is normal.

Benny and Will planned this surprise under their hats for days.

But the one thing that matters most is the Leprechaun trap.

(photo of the Leprechaun trap for 2009)

Each year the process for the perfect Leprechaun trap starts weeks in advance. Plans are drawn, talked about over dinner, changes are made to the plans and so on. Each year the Leprechauns make it into our house, turn the milk green, knock over a few things, and knocks the Leprechaun's trap over. Last year Benny vowed that enough was enough and the year 2010 would be the year he actually caught those sneaky Leprechauns!

Did he succeed?

Well, let's just say that there is a Leprechaun running around in only his underwear!

The trap caught the Leprechaun by the clothes and the only way for him to free himself was to crawl out of them. hee hee

After seeing the Leprechaun clothes Hannah said, "I thought that they were a lot smaller than that!"

4 comments:

Russell, Aimee and Savannah said...

Yeah, I am so happy you blogged again! Love seeing the kids, they look so grown up! Next year you will get him kids!

Rich said...

hahaha!!

I love it! I miss you guys and need another excuse to come to SF soon.

Please tell all the kids I said hi.

Maureen said...

Wow! That looks so fun. We should have that tradition since I am 75% Irish and Ryan's middle name is Patrick!

Where's Avril?

Annee said...

I miss you when you are gone (from the blog), and always laugh when you come back!

YES!!! We're going to be in Raleigh/Chapel Hill by mid-July. Let's stay in touch! (And Sandy's not too far away...)