I had never ever heard of a Leprechaun Trap until we moved here and they are a big deal around here. Last year the boys came home from school going on and on about how they needed to make a leprechaun trap and each managed to fashion one out of things we had at our apartment. This year Colm had to make one for homework as well as make a list of the materials needed for making it, writing a paragraph about how it was made and drawing a diagram. Here is the finished project and no he didn’t catch any leprechauns this year.
Archive for March 2011
My computer has been on its last leg for the last month or so. It all began one day when it started making this horrible clicking sound and the screen did something I have never seen it do. I showed Sean and he was alarmed…not a good sign. We backed up everything immediately after he tinkered with it for a good long while just to get to the point where I could back everything up. Well, it seemed find for quite a few weeks and then it started making that clicking sound again. Computer-geek hubby decided it was time to get a new computer…I didn’t argue.
He has Duke going all the way. 🙂
Well, basketball season is over so that must mean it’s time for baseball season. We have two boys playing baseball this year, so we headed to Dick’s to get all of the stuff. They both needed cleats (yes, I bought them soccer cleats for baseball so that we could use them for soccer, too), socks, a baseball, Colm needed a new mitt and they both needed a few unmentionables. I was so proud…I had about six coupons and they let me use ALL of them. We saved a bundle. Then we get home and we get an e-mail saying that we need to purchase them each a batting helmet. The teams used to have a few that everyone shared, but I guess there were some lice problems, sooo…. Then we find out that we also need to get them a long-sleeved shirt to go under the uniform that they will provide. Dang! So I had to go back to the store without ANY coupons and buy all of that stuff. We have one baseball bag, but now that they are both playing, I think they each need their own bag, too. I am sure I will be back within the next week or so to get that, too.
When we were trying to figure out how basketball sign-ups work in this town we figured out that we could choose from the Y or Upward. I was going to sign up for the Y because that’s what we did in KS, plus I knew Colm would be playing with his classmates and that the games would probably be at his school or another school very close by. Sounds good, right? Well, then we heard about Upward. You will see below why we chose Upward. How can you pass this up? They do it at the beginning of every game…every boy’s dream come true…and a whole lotta fun. 🙂
The boys got their new belts tonight that they tested for last week. Here they are turned away from their instructor taking off their old belts. Colm is now an orange stripe and Liam is a black stripe which means he will be testing for his black belt in November!
This is one of my favorite events at the boys’ school. Local artists fill the gym with exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities. The art room is open for various projects. The school is transformed into an art museum with children’s artwork covering the walls and the library’s reading stairs are transformed into a stage where children share their musical talents. We missed the sign-ups last year since we were so new, but this year Liam got signed up and he played The Two Grenadiers.
Mardi Gras at our house is pretty tame, but it does involve a King’s Cake, beads and festive hats.