It did spawn a little journey down memory lane however. I remember as a kid, every year, without fail, my dad would tell us a peacock was in the front yard. By upper elementary I didn't even bother to look anymore, so he had to come up with other stories about bobcats or hot air balloons to try and trick me. Then I started pulling stunts like cooking cottonballs into the cornbread muffins and trying to sneak Kool-aid powder into the shower head.
By college my roommates and I were pulling pranks on apartments of boys we knew. After I was elbowed in the face during a particularly rough game of basketball in the pool, we told them I had broken my nose and had two black eyes. The guys brought over ice cream the next day to apologize. When they saw me in full health it became an all out war. They snuck into our apartment and removed all the lightbulbs. We knew right where our emergency flashlight was so it didn't even phase us. But soon thereafter, we broke into their apartment and deposited hundreds of goldfish in every vessel we could find. The sink, toilet, and bathtub were all full of them. I don't recall that going over too well...
Anyhow, these days I'm relegated to such tame tricks as serving meatball cupcakes with mashed potato frosting and colored salt sprinkles for dinner. And of course our traditional strawberry lime "fools" for dessert. But my kids think it's fun and that's all that matters right? What do you do for April Fools' Day? Or what pranks have you pulled in the past? I'd love to read about them (and garner ideas for next year)!
YEA! Pictures! I was lame this year. I did the peacock, told Scott (and Mom) that I was prego, and just generally listened to the kids tell me about the THOUSAND HUNDRED Easter Eggs in the backyard next to the MILLION laminators. Yes, apparently, that is the coolest gizmo to have. We need A MILLION of them! I will always hate you for the salty cake and cottonballs, though. It looks so good, tastes so bad, and there is no recompense. :(
ReplyDeleteHoly Batman it's a BLOG!!! I must have come into the family a lot later then you guys because I don't ever remember a peacock being in dad's repertoire of April fools jokes. My favorite, but not so April fools, was "Mint Brownies." fajsdhfakjsdhfklgjahfg;akljdfl;aksjdf gross!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha oh Amanda's famous brownies... =P Well can't say I was creative but I stole your fish idea and did it on Benjamin's house last year, along with koolaide in the shower head and tried to put all their keys in jello but I could only find Benjamin's so I just went around the house putting random objects in the jello from various roommates followed by a plastic goose on top. It was swimming =)Anyways I didn't have time to think of one to pull on Jon, but next year its going to be amazing!!!
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