On St. Patrick's Day Eve we each leave a shoe by the door for the Leprachaun to fill with chocolate gold coins when he stops by in the middle of the night.Tayvie was awake about three hours before Ayla was so she had ample time to find her shoe and the treasure inside, before Ayla woke up.
The Leprachaun had gold coins just last week but somehow misplaced them, so he left Smarties and large dollar coins this year.
She took out the spoils and went straight to putting her shoe on... when that didn't work she begged me to put it on for her.
Then she did laps happily with her shoes on. Then she returned to the candy and her sister's shoe to find out what it had in it. (Have I ever mentioned Tayvie's obsession with shoes? She is truely crazy about shoes.) 
Finally, when Ayla woke up she was so excited to see if the Leprachaun had come, she ran over to her shoe and pulled out the candy and coins and was as happy as could be.
Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody!
What a cute idea!!!
ReplyDeletegosh she slept 3 hours later than tay?? wow! you are such a fun mom to have traditions like this.
ReplyDeleteso tell me...did you put green food coloring in the milk?!?
That is such a great idea. I was trying to figure something out for today but had no luck. WE are going to color shamrocks. The girls look so dang cute.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great mom you are!
ReplyDeleteThat is so fun! I can't wait until Emmory gets that excited! We did something similar growing up. We put our slippers out on New Years Eve and the New Years fairy came and filled them with goodies. There is something a little creepy about a Leprachaun coming into your house in the middle of the night though.... Those tricky little men!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute! How do kids get those obsessions? Noah's is socks....go figure! I love seeing your girls' pictures!!! So fun~
ReplyDeleteThats a cute idea! Your family is so CUTE!
ReplyDeleteI am so stealing this next year.
ReplyDeleteI might have said that last year, but, totally stealing it next year.
You've been warned.
ps. I second or tenth the fact that you are such a fun mom. Will you be my mom and come fill my shoes with fun goodies next year????
ps the leprachaun found the gold coins yesterday afternoon in a spot she had totally looked!
ReplyDeletewhat a freakin cute idea. Didn't your parents use to do that too?? I know this is late, but we had green chile enchiladas, green jello, green grapes, green key lime pie and green soda. the kids didn't even notice anything different! the thought that counts right?
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