Luck o' the Irish

This St. Patrick's holiday has been full of the usual: crafts and baking. Hayden colored some awesome leprechauns that I proudly displayed. I will keep those forever!

We also made leprechauns out of toilet paper rolls. The girl one looks a little bit like a witch. Maybe female leprechauns don't wear hats?

We also made rainbow cupcakes, which quite possibly are the greatest cupcakes I've ever seen! Here's the recipe

Our cupcakes were so tasty, that Hayden thought for sure we could catch the leprechaun with one. Hayden came up with the idea to put a cupcake in the middle of a piece of paper and put a penny on top. Then, he put glue all around the cupcake. The leprechaun would come over to take a bite or grab the penny and he'd get stuck. That was the plan, anyway.

As you can see, we didn't catch a leprechaun, but we DID catch a leprechaun shoe! How many people do you know that can say that?! He also left a note on the paper that read, "You got my shoe, but you'll never catch me!"

The leprechaun did leave us some of his treasure, though.
Green and gold treats!

and...he turned our toilet water green.

Until next year, leprechaun!

I swear it was here just a minute ago...

Where did the Spring weather go? It's been so nice here. Like, play outside with no jackets kind of nice. I had great plans for this weekend. Two new garden beds are waiting to be filled with Mel's Mix. I was going to plant peas today. I have my garden all mapped out like last year.

But today, I woke up to SNOW.

So, my planting will have to wait. How long? I don't know. I hope not too long. Eric assures me that this snow will be gone in a couple of days. That seems like forever to me. I thought spring was here!

Here's my two new boxes waiting to be used.

We've started onions and flowers from seed.
Today, I'm going to start my tomatoes, peppers and tomatillos.

Since I have more garden space, I am experimenting with more seeds, and trying out a different part of the yard for a couple of items. I'm excited to share it with you, but I guess it will have to wait. (Hopefully for only a couple of days!)