Today is a very special day for us, now that Gracie is in school. Her school is named "The Fighting Irish" represented by green shamrocks, there happens to be a St. Patrick's Day parade in Great Falls, there is a breakfast at her school put on by the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, and sneaky leprechauns always visit the classrooms in her school (I had no idea this could happen, but I'm sure I'll be prepared next year!).
It all started last weekend when her homework assignment was to create a leprechaun trap for her classroom.
She painted the entire box with shamrocks, rainbows, gold, and many pretty colors. Daddy rigged a string as a trip-wire that was connected to a weighted bowl that would crash down on anyone/anything that released the string. She used hanging gold "coins" as lures to the trap. Unfortunately, no one in her class actually caught a leprechaun this year, but he did spring all the traps, leave sweet treasures for everyone, and gold coins. The leprechaun who visited some other classrooms turned desks over, sprinkled gold dust, left green-painted footprints, colored the water in the cooler green, and turned the toilet water green with his green pee!! Quite a day!
Waiting for the parade to start.
Gracie's school always enters a school-bus float in the parade - all the littlest kiddos have to stay on the bus, but the bigger kids walk and hand out candy. Gracie has the ribbon "wand" and blue sunglasses.
Happy with all the candy!
It was a great day! But, boy was I glad to have everyone tucked in because they were very cranky at the end of it! :-)
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