I have the coolest mother in law. She makes these awesome treasure hunts and fun activities for every holiday. For St. Patrick’s Day we had a little tricky leprechaun names Liam come and send my kids on a wild treasure hunt for his pot of gold. The kids were so excited (and the treasure hunt took twice as long as I thought it would…..Liam was super, super tricky this year!) Liam left them some green doughnuts with gold candies to get the morning started!
Zack wasn’t a big fan of the treasure hunt. To be honest I’m not sure he even knew one was going on. He was too busy trying to figure out which of the four doughnuts was the best one.
The clue in our pantry took almost 15 minutes. I wasn’t going to help at all. they should have known it was on the LUCKY CHARMS!
But the good news is Zack found the perfect doughnut.
Finally! The pot of GOLD!
Dividing the loot.
Zack is still too into his doughnut to care.
Our tricky leprechaun even put a clue on Andrew’s bum..WITHOUT HIM NOTICING! It took the kids a few minutes to find where the next clue was. It was seriously hilarious! They were totally confused how this magic happened.
Part of their pot of gold was a little trip to Hoots with our friends. As we were driving there Kallie (who always gets a little freaked out about leprechauns and elves) kept trying to convince the boys Liam came with us and was touching her hair. She said someone was pulling her hair and their hands were cold. Ben investigated and discovered it was Kallie’s own hand. That got some fun laughs…that Kallie wasn’t a fan of.
Hoot was a blast! We went two years ago, but Zack wasn’t really old enough to enjoy it. He sure enjoyed it this time!
I took over a hundred pictures…and most were blurry because the kids never stopped moving! Here are a few that are not super blurry.
Even the moms had fun!
These little divas.
My favorite picture of the day is a tie between these two….Addie crawling through the jungle gym with two of her kids….or Charlie going down this slide….she’s racing her son…who hasn’t gone down yet. It was awesome!
After a fun filled day at Hoots we headed home. Zack and I took a great nap while watching Cars…I’m not sure what the other kids did. After we got up I figured it was probably a good idea to make dinner. Zack, my ever ready assistant, was there to lick the bowl for me. Very important job.
Our friend P stayed for dinner…and our tricky leprechaun Liam even got into our food and dyed the rice, rolls, and milk green.
All in all I think we had a great St. Patty’s day….and a terrific start to our spring break!
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