He informed me that as the leprechaun ran into the rubberband you see in the diagram it would slingshot him backwards into the other box and flip the box up on end so he couldn’t get out.  He was going to put his fools gold he got from school on Monday as the bait, but we couldn’t find it, so we made a trek to the store for some gold coins instead.  The finished project turned out a little different than the diagram, but there was a slingshot involved and he was so sure that we would catch a leprechaun.  Here is his finished “Leprechaun Trap”:

 Then the leprechaun set off the trap, but left more gold and a treasure hunt instead that Spencer and Josey absolutely LOVED!  They had so much fun following the clues and were so excited to find the pot of “gold” at the end!

Our other Valentine project is Josey’s favorite thing ever…frosted sugar cookies!  I have the best recipe for the softest, fluffiest cookies and my kids love to decorate them their own creative ways.  I must admit that I have a weakness for these delicious treats like Josey does!  We invited The Hutchings over to help us decorate the dozens of cookies that I had made.  Kira and Olivia loved to sprinkle on oodles of sprinkles, and Spencer was all over the writing with the gel frosting on his cookies. It is a fun tradition that we look forward too each and every year!

At Spencer’s school in order to dress up they have to choose a character from any book off of the classical literature list, so Spencer chose Duke for President from the delightful children’s book title the same thing. He was so cute, but shed like crazy thanks to the boa I used to make his feather wings.

Half way through our neighborhood trick or treating Spencer decided he was done and wanted to go home, but Josey didn’t so Bo Peep (that was me) took my sheep and we hit about 15 more houses before heading home.  When we got there, Josey bragged about her haul of candy, and Spencer had told Daddy that he was done because candy isn’t good for you and will give you a tummy ache if you eat to much and he already had enough in his bag!  Chris then looked at me and said, “You are ruining our kids!”  I thought to myself, at least he’ll be healthy!   Happy Halloween!

As we were eating breakfast that morning, she says to her dad, “I am so excited to ride in your Jeep to school!”  We both looked at each other and wondered how to let her know that Daddy had to take Spencer to school and then go give blood and go to work and wouldn’t be taking her.   In her mind Dad was the one who took to school!  Before I could say anything and let the disappointment set in, Daddy said he would come back and take her to ABC Preschool for her very first day.  She was so excited! 

Off she went, without one tear, to experience this thing called school.  When I picked her up afterwards, she couldn’t stop talking about it!  She loved every minute of it. 

To celebrate her first day I told her she could choose where she wanted to go to lunch.  She chose “Panda Bears” aka Panda Express so over orange chicken we talked all about her day!  Her teacher Annette Carroll is AMAZING and I am so excited to see what she experiences this year!