I thought that the obsession with leprechauns was limited to St. Patrick's Day. I was wrong. Very, very wrong. Andrew tends to be completely literal and somewhat skeptical of things. However he has gotten totally into the idea of leprechauns. At school they learned about leprechauns. Once he got home from school last Wednesday his imagination really took off. He went and played outside. He found some footprints made out of paint. They had to be leprechauns right? (Possibly a raccoon got into some paint that was left out) Then later he found more footprints on his shoes (possible sister or dog stepping on his shoes after stepping in previously mentioned paint). Then there was the mess of toilet paper found in the toilet (also probable sister naughtiness) that had to have been the work of a pesky leprechaun. After all these repeated sightings, the only thing left to do was to build a trap.
According to Andrew the trap, pictured above, was to trick the leprechaun into running off the table on the strip of green and then fall through the holes into the leprechaun trap box. (The box had been moved and was no longer in proper position)
I think the gold coins are to keep the leprechaun busy while it is in the box. Very sneaky they are for sure.
Eric said that Andrew spent the entire weekend out in the yard looking for leprechauns and by the end of Sunday he had Zane and Lucy convinced they should be on the lookout for them too. Eric attempted to tell Andrew that leprechauns are only out around St. Patrick's Day but Andrew didn't buy it. Oh well, it is nice that he has a fun adventure while he is outside playing! And it is pretty stinking cute!
According to Andrew the trap, pictured above, was to trick the leprechaun into running off the table on the strip of green and then fall through the holes into the leprechaun trap box. (The box had been moved and was no longer in proper position)
I think the gold coins are to keep the leprechaun busy while it is in the box. Very sneaky they are for sure.
Eric said that Andrew spent the entire weekend out in the yard looking for leprechauns and by the end of Sunday he had Zane and Lucy convinced they should be on the lookout for them too. Eric attempted to tell Andrew that leprechauns are only out around St. Patrick's Day but Andrew didn't buy it. Oh well, it is nice that he has a fun adventure while he is outside playing! And it is pretty stinking cute!
3 comments:
Two questions:
What is up with the paper leprechaun?
Have you guys helped out by doing things that make him believe there is a leprechaun?
Well I think your boy likes invisible people. He did have that imaginary grandma for awhile
You should get some of those chocolate coins and stick in the trap when he is sleeping or at school.
The paper leprechaun is the thing he made at school. It came with a chocolate gold coin to possibly lure the leprechauns in. We aren't encouraging it at all. I think it is a case of him looking for things that could possibly be leprechaun evidence. There is no way we would help continue this leprechaun thing along. I think he would be heartbroken if/when he figures out they aren't real.
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