Christmas Recap

Christmas Morning was a little crazy.  I was having contractions all night, and was super close to going to the hospital.  I'm pretty sure I talked myself out of labor.  So Christmas was a relaxing, take a few naps and restful kind of day.  Just perfect!

 Jayne was so excited to get her "Bepunzle" doll.  She's been saving up her money to buy one, but was still a couple months away from getting it.  Max had mercy on her and got it for her.  It was really cute how excited she was.

 Max was a pro at opening presents.  He wanted to stop and play with every toy though.  He was really fun to watch

 My mom and dad were here too, they came to help when we had the baby.  It was fun to enjoy Christmas with them too.  The kids LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa around.

 I was up all night, so just a little bit tired.  I really loved being home for Christmas, and not at the hospital :)

How to Catch a Leprechaun

Catching a leprechaun is tricky. I'll admit, I've been trying for some 20 years, and have yet to succeed. There are few things I know to be fact though. The first thing is how to attract a leprechaun. They love three things for sure, GREEN, GOLD, and RAINBOWS. When building a trap, use these things to your advantage. The second is, leprechauns are the best escape artists. You have to make your trap full proof. You have to think of ways the leprechaun could escape, and then guard against it. The third thing (and perhaps most important) If you do manage to catch one of these little men, they HAVE to give you their gold. Its leprechaun LAW. So we (Jayne and I) made a trap to catch a leprechaun. It was based roughly on THIS trap.

We set the trap last night, and Jayne was pretty excited. She said,

"When I catch the little leprechaun, I will keep him in my hands (shows cupped hands).  And then he can sleep under my pillow, and I will take care of him."

Then she very tenderly said,

"But it will be OK if I don't catch one, because he would miss his mother if I did.  And he would be sad."

This morning we checked the trap, I was a little nervous, because I couldn't see a way for the leprechaun to escape.  Honestly, I don't think I would know what to do if we actually caught a leprechaun, I've been trying for so long.  Anyway, this is what we found...

They escaped again!!  Here's what the note to Jayne said...

Jayne (they spelled her name right!)

Ye caught me! but I got away! Unfortunately, some of my gold had to stay. (cause its law!)

love, Patrick the leprechaun

 Then they left some of their gold, and a little bit of rainbow (cause gold is always at the other end of a rainbow).

Jayne seemed pretty happy with what the leprechaun left for her.  She said he probably went home to eat gold candy with his family.  She's probably right.