To Catch A Leprechaun (on St. Patrick's Day)

It seems there's some sort of conspiracy amongst preschools that I was not aware of. The conspiracy involves convincing innocent little children that leprechauns exist. A couple of parents that I surveyed offered up the same story; one preschool teacher brings the kids outside to play while the other teacher surreptitiously leaves little bits of evidence around the classroom that leprechauns were just there.

So step aside Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy for yet another mythical creature to enhance our imagination. Hello little Leprechaun.



So with that said, Parker came home from school convinced that a Leprechaun would be coming into our house on the night of St. Patricks's Day to spread shamrocks (and whatever else...dwarfism, alcoholism, etc...) around the house for us to discover the next morning. And so, what better time to catch the little guy and keep it for a pet, right?



Behold the PARKER POWERS LEPRECHAUN-VALESCENCE TRAP 3000



She's thought of everything. There's a bed, a pillow, a toilet, a bedside statue and a little chain he can rattle when he needs PJ's assistance with meals and whatever else. Her plan (as she so eloquently recited to me that morning) was for the leprechaun to walk up the ukelele and slide down into the Leprechaun-valescence home where he will be well-taken care of by his new master Parker.