5- and 8- year-old Logic

On St. Patrick's Day, Lotta (8) insisted she would catch a Leprechan.  (Apparently, that is a "thing" right now).  That afternoon, we had a birthday party to attend.  Before the party, Lotta set a trap.  Around the trap were small houses for figurines, she made sure to put figurines in each of the houses, peering out the windows, so the Leprechan wouldn't be confused that it was a residence for HIM.  (How tall does she think they are??)  Throughout the party, Lotta kept mentioning how excited she was to catch a Leprechan.  It might be in the trap already! I kept cautioning, that Leprechans are extremely mysterious, they are not like Santa. (Zibbi informed me at the party that her thighs were getting bigger, like mine.  I said, you mean, longer?  She said, no, fatter.)  Anyway. 

 When we arrived home, Lotta excitedly ran to the trap.  Low and behold there was a tiny note with tiny writing (that I could not, in fact, read).  Lotta became suspicious however, as Benja (13), put his hands over his mouth and seemed to be smiling and laughing.  At dinner that night, Lotta explained that she thought Benja was involved.  She said that she thought Benja shrank down to Leprechan size and wrote a tiny note for Lotta to find. 

Now on to Zibbi logic...

The afternoons have started warming up a bit around here.  So now when Zibbi departs the bus, she has all of her layers off and tied strategically to her back pack.  A sweater, snow pants, a dress, a scarf, could all be tied on.  It's a good solution.  The only problem being she isn't tall enough for all of the items to not be dragged to through the slush and mud and puddles.