Wednesday, April 1, 2015

april fools flop


The boys woke up on high alert this morning. Today was their mother's favourite day; a day not only allowing practical jokes but one that even encouraged well- thought out pranks.
They carefully poured their cereal, took extra caution when they brushed their teeth, and convinced themselves that mine and Adam's conversations were codes for a hilarious joke.
Instead of a prank I planned a "April Fools Dinner."
I wrapped 5 presents and hid them. Before dinner the boys had to find the presents and whatever they opened up is what they would have to eat their spaghetti with during dinner time. I had salad tongs, serving forks, and a big scoop wrapped up -  great challenges for eating spaghetti. We had fun green juice, twisty straws, and sunglasses to add to the celebration.







At about 8.5 minutes into dinner I apologized to Adam and promised never to do this again. Suppers are a normal messy occurrence with these boys but this was plain disastrous. Noodles and sauce covered their faces, twisted between their fingers, and landed up in large piles beside their dinner plates.
During our after supper prayer I felt a glob of wet, soggy noodles slide into my hair. Caleb was sitting on my lap and flung a fork full of noodles backwards. What didn't land on his head, flopped on mine!

3 comments:

  1. Campfire! Bible Camp does this every week with each group of campers...a HUGE mess but it's the highlight of the week for most kids!

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  2. HaHaHa, serves you right! And it's apparent that the boys had stars in their eyes!

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  3. Good for you Kerri! You're making memories! Good job mom!
    Christine

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