Leaping, Lucky Leprechauns

I love Holidays, even if they are just little ones. Almost four years ago, I had a friend who told me about a tradition that they have in their home were the Leprechauns come and visit them on the eve before St. Patty's Day. The family left their shoes by the front door and during the night the Leprechauns came to their house to visit them. The Leprechauns would leave little trinkets and candy in the shoes for them to find in the morning. I thought that this was such a cute tradition and started it for our family four years ago. The kids have loved it and look forward to the Leprechauns coming to cause mischief. This year, Kaleb reminded me that the Leprechauns were coming and that we needed to remember to put our shoes by the front door. Kaleb grabbed his and Karmindy's shoes and  placed them by the front door. He was so excited to see what they would do this year and both him and Karmindy went to bed early.

This year St. Patricks day landed on a Sunday which was nice. The kids woke up and found their treasures that the Leprechauns left behind. The Leprechauns also left a trail of shamrocks to the kids shoes. Those Leprechauns are such rascals! This year the leprechauns left Kaleb and Karmindy new shirts to wear(green shirts of course), a huge pencil and some skittles. After church, we got together with Uncle Kevin, Aunt Kayla and cousin Alice for Sunday dinner. We had Chicken Fettucine Alfredo with Broccoli, Shamrock Shakes (sprite and lime sherbet), Garlic bread, asparagus and Mint Chocolate chip Ice cream pie for dessert. It was so fun to spend the evening together as a family.