A couple days ago, my almost 8 year old came home and told me that even though everyone else tried to catch the leprechauns, she said that was mean, and she wanted to do something nice for the leprechaun. She wanted to find him some gold. Today, she found a gem from her costume jewelery and I didn't realize what she had done until we put her to bed. There on the floor were two pieces of paper. The first was a note that had the gem and gold. The second contained a bed. She took the soft cotton out of a jewelry box and put it there for the leprechaun to sleep on. She didn't make a big fuss about it, she didn't point it out, she just left it for the leprechaun, with the hope that he would see it, and the desire to do something nice for someone that everyone else was trying to do something mean to. My heart melts!

p.s. I typed up a letter for her and thanked her for her kind gifts and hid some little gifts around the house that I knew she would love.