Each year our household is graced with a visit from a wee little Irishman that goes by the name of Lucky. He usually shows up sometime around St. Patrick's Day, wreaking havoc through our home and leaving goodies behind to endear our hearts. This year was no different, though he came a day late just to trip us up I think!
What a funny shock it was to find that Lucky had taken all of our regular chicken eggs and replaced them with green ones, and they weren't even hard boiled, we found that out the hard way ;)
Though the real shock came as we opened the coop door to find our rooster Silkie had been dyed green to match! Oh glory be, the poor little devil must have messed with the wrong leprechaun!
Now you'd think that the madness would have stopped here, but as we left the coop to go back to the house, we noticed that my brand new green car had been driven onto the lawn and covered in graffiti! As you can image I was outraged, that the little trickster would dare to drive my car and sure hoped that green paint would come off! How does a tiny leprechaun even reach the gas pedal I ask you? Well as you can see, he is quite the artist, drawing tiny shamrocks all over the windows and putting the phrase, "leprechaun lightning" across the back, whatever that means! I just hope he didn't go joy riding!
Upon waking up on the morning of the 18th, we were quick to discover that our faces were covered in green leprechaun kisses and a wild Irish light up headband had been placed on Raine's head sometime during the night!
After a quick glance out Raine's bedroom window, we notices a trail of golden coins and shamrocks leading down the stairs and out to the chicken coop! We threw on a robe and ran down to see what that trickster had done.
I'll tell you the best part was driving down the road later, looking out the windshield through a giant green smiley face with freckles, and enduring the many crazy looks from fellow drivers while on the way to the car wash! If I ever catch that Lucky, he is in big trouble!
After running back into the house to check for any other mischief managed, we found another trail or coins and shamrocks leading us to the living room where we were greeted with this sight...
A letter from lucky himself, explaining in rhyme no less the tricks and treats left behind, and that he loved that we read all those traditional Irish stories from his homeland the night before. He gifted us each a pair of green foil wrapped chocolate lips, to match the kisses he left on our faces, and a wacky candy wand of sorts for his favorite freckle faced girl. The chocolate calmed this mother down enough to not get mad at the still to be discovered bathtub filled with green water and matching toilet, oh and we must not forget the milk and cream being treated to the same tint! All's well that ends well, even if the mashed potatoes we ate with our corned beef and cabbage dinner that night was the last joke as I had no other cream to add :)
Hope you all had a great St. Patty's Day too!!
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