To Catch a Leprechaun

Earlier this month I was reading the 'Family Fun' magazine in the dentist office (I know fun and Dentist do not belong in the same sentence together) anyway the March issue had been attacked by Leprechauns and so they included a few good tips on how to catch a Leprechaun. We decided that we were going to make one of these snazzy little traps and see if we cant catch us a little luck. So here goes nothing... an over sized Leprechaun hat... it is said that they are pretty full of themselves so we made a hat to tempt him with, and if that wasn't enough..a little bit of gold should due the trick and for good measure a few rules...rules the Leprechaun would surely love to break.

We took a empty oatmeal container and covered it in green felt leaving the top with slits in it so when he reaches the top to reach the gold we leave him he will fall in and WaLa..we will be proud owners of a pot 'o gold.

Don't forget the rules: #1- Don't leave any gold #2- Don't steal our gold #3- Don't leave foot prints on our table. yes please NO footprints on the table... I beg of you.

The original directions in the magazine shows a ladder made out of sticks, but seeing as how the sticks around our house are not to be used in that matter...we are collecting them and how dare we use them like that (see previous entry this month) than we got creative and borrowed the ladder from our Lincoln log set, its a tad shy of the top, but I am certain the little guy will jump up only adding to his demise of falling into our faulty top and trapping himself... this plan is solid.

Stay tuned tomorrow to see if we catch him. I cant wait! Cris asked me what kind of car I want as I will surely be able to get it once we get our pot of gold... sweet! crossing my finger and wearing my green proudly lets hope it works!

Good looks and Brains!

The boys and I have had a "Brilliant" day so far. Kace notified me that OMSI was having a free day to celebrate Einstein's birthday. I did a little research and it was a OSHU brain fair that OMSI sponsored, so I decided it would be a good day to do something inside since it is, yup, raining again.
I had wanted to see their DaVinci exhibit anyway, Come to find out it was only the OHSU brain fair portion that was free so we stood in line to purchase our tickets to the remaining part and as we stood in line a lady with 3 kids herself approached me and stated that she had a family pass that allowed for 2 adults and 5 kids and wanted to know if we would like to get on her pass. Like anyone will say no to saving 30 bucks right? It was awesome! I love the random acts of kindness that people do and that one is definitely a cool one. I myself am a holder of a few family passes to other places around town and now will be passing on my "pay it forward" when we go to these places.

The boys working on a Mad Scientist Experiment

These are real brains... the boys decided not to stay too long at this portion of the Brain Fair..the crafts and candy was definitely more their style.

One little... Two little...

It started innocent enough, Cris was attached to a stick that he found while we were hiking one day. I let him keep it, it was harmless and I honestly thought I could hide it in a corner until he forgot about it.
Let this serve as living proof that you can not ignore or hide a little thing, because it will grow into something bigger. I went up to the boys' rooms this evening to collect dirty clothes that somehow crawled out of the dirty clothes hamper and onto their bedroom floors...and this is what I found...


I guess he has a collection going now, or he has blueprints somewhere to build a fort, either way they are getting bigger and I am just not sure what to do with a piece by piece tree in my house. I'm laughing I really am, but for those of you that know me, I am also wincing inside. Sticks! and they're getting bigger! so I wanted to count them...... 13! a bakers dozen, but wood! What a silly kid!