Iris decorated a treasure box during her art class and we learned about The Legend of the Leprechaun...Full of magic and trickery, the leprechauns remain in their hidden world until the night before St. Patrick's Day. On that one night of the year they appear throughout the world to dance and sing and frolic. Disguising themselves as leaves and grass, and sounding like the wind and crickets, they come and go unnoticed. However, it is said that if a decorated treasure box is left empty under the moon, the leprechauns must fill the box with gold or jewels or gifts. But then they will hide the filled box in the most unlikely of places. If the box is found on St. Patrick's Day, the treasure remains in our world. If not, the leprechauns may retrieve what is rightfully theirs. And though the leprechauns are very clever, it is not impossible to find the treasure because, unknowingly, leprechauns often leave a trail of greenery behind them.
Our leprechaun hid the treasure box in the cabinet and left a trail of green (easter) grass throughout the house. Iris hopped out of bed at 5:45 to see if I caught that leprechaun and was so excited to go downstairs and see the trail. I finally let her wake up Parker and Tia and they had a lot of fun searching for the treasure box. The leprechaun left them each a pack of gum, some gold chocolate coins and a swimsuit for each. Parker was said the leprechaun did not bring him a shiny white and green phone with glitter.
