Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Do you believe in Leprechauns? We hadn't really addressed the question as a family until last night when we had a family sleepover with the Ruters on St. Patrick's Day Eve.

Their son, Eddie, set up an elaborate trap for the leprechaun, and look what happened to it overnight:



"You tried to catch me! But I loved your trap- it was tasty. Hee-hee! I have to pee..."

After a little thinking, the kids found this:




Which was promptly flushed away by Joe, who quite rightly declared it "disgusting!"

The green pee actually convinced Lucy that leprechauns are real, though she later told us that the leprechaun must have dyed his pee green. Apparently green pee defies all belief.

Lucy's working theory is that, since he's so wee, the leprechaun had to get a ladder to reach the food coloring. It's a little unclear why he went to such lengths but we didn't probe too deeply.

And in case you're wondering, Griffin enthusiastically followed all the bigger kids around, but had absolutely no idea what was happening.