The Tempest

16 March 2012

We went to Walmart to get some supplies for St Patrick's Day. We purchased some tacky glue (for our traps), cutie tangerines, six jellos (one for each color of the rainbow), and a few other miscellaneous things. Tomorrow we are going to make some fun jello using the cutie peels. I will tell you about it in more detail then.

Those sneaky little leprechauns wont be able to escape our sturdy traps! We used popsicle sticks to make boxes to trap the leprechauns under. We painted the top (or bottom depending on which way you look at it) of the box in the colors of the rainbow and decorated them with clovers from our yard to entice the leprechauns in.

While waiting for the traps to dry we went to Bountiful to see the play The Tempest. I found out about it through one of the Yahoo! homeschool groups. It was performed by kids ages 4 to 14 and was really well done. Ra absolutely loved it. El and Ca sat through most of it but when I got up to take care of Em, Ca followed me out. It was a really fun experience.

When we got home the kids set up their leprechaun traps in hopes of catching those ever elusive little Irish men. Good luck to them!

It was too late in the evening to expect the kids to stay awake for a book so it was straight to bed with them. I can't wait for tomorrow! The kids have their green clothes all picked out so they don't get pinched.