Adam set up a leprechaun trap the night before St. Patrick’s Day. He decided to have it in his room, so he could stay up all night to catch the tricky little fellow. He used a box decorated with leprechaun pictures. His hope was that the leprechaun would see the giant gold display, climb the rainbow stairs, and fall through the green tissue paper .

Even though Adam says he didn’t sleep a wink, the leprechaun still made an appearance. He also made a little mess of Adam’s clothes for the day and left chocolate coins all over the room.

Adam insisted on all green for the day.

Maggie and Luke had less green, but still looked cute. They had gymnastics that morning.

For the first time, Maggie willingly let go of my hand on the balance beam.

I even managed to snap a picture of the three of them after Adam got home from school. Adam’s shirt says, “Irish I was a ninja.”

So he spent some time practicing ninja moves while jumping off of the picnic table.