Three days left until the mayhem begins. What will that crazy little leprechaun do this year? Although Linbar lives in our home all year (he was made for me by a darling little grandma in a nursing home) he springs to life at midnight on St. Patrick's Day Eve causing all kinds of craziness in our house.
Every year the girls try to catch him. First it was my oldest daughter (now 23) making traps out of beautifully decorated shoe boxes adorned with shiny gold glitter, then it was my step-daughter (now 17) making the traps and for several years now the sole task of trapping our mischieviess leprechaun has fallen on the shoulders of twin A & B.
The traps have progressively become more elaborate over the years with baubles and trinkets and even jewelry being used to lure him inside (leprechauns love shiny things) but to no luck on our part, he escapes us every time leaving behind glittery remnants and notes throughout the house that he had been there and foiled our plans yet again. Shoes in the fridge, shoelaces turned green, Cheerios in the Fruit Loop box, milk turned green, school backpacks missing and a treasure hunt to find them, messages written on the bathroom mirror and car windows. He is one tough leprechaun to catch! The rest of the year we just look at him and shake our heads as he sits there with a big fat grin on his face! I wonder what he'll do this year?
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