I usually don’t love April Fools Day. I don’t like tricks or pranks that stress me
out. And we certainly don’t need a
special day that gives you the green light to do those things. The night before April Fools Day this year,
my son was asking what he could do for this special occasion. I want to be a fun mom, so I encouraged him a
little, but I also said, “Don’t stress anyone out with the tricks you do.”
That morning, I made breakfast for my kids and they started
whispering, and I’m like, “Uh oh.” Then one of them sneaks up to my room and
they’re still whispering, and I’m thinking, “This better not be messy, whatever
they’re up to.” Anyway, off they go to
school. And yes, they got a little messy. One of my children cleverly put toothpaste
all over the sink for me, hee hee (I can laugh now).
I discovered another one when I went to my room and walked
in my husband’s closet to put something away.
Shoved in the corner of his closet, was my bed comforter. And seriously, I was like, “Who put my
blanket on this floor?!” And then I was
like, “Oh, I get it….” And on my bed was my daughter’s blanky, with a note that
said, “Look in the closet” and an arrow pointing to my husband’s closet. It was kind of adorable, and definitely an
April Fools Day prank I can handle.
This last prank made me think, if we keep the tricks this
mild, I could possibly learn to enjoy April Fools Day. For example, what if they put my shoes on the
shelf above where they normally are and wrote “April Fools!” Or what if they
put my toothbrush lying on its side, instead of vertical in the cup with a cute
note that says, “April Fools! Love you
Mom! You’re the best!” Or they could make their beds and say “April
Fools! We put our pillows a little to
the left instead of right in the middle.
Ha ha! Mom you’re so amazing, and
that’s no April Fools joke. “ Or they
could watch one of my black and white movies all the way through with me and at
the end be like, “April Fools!! We
really wanted to watch the Disney Channel, but we pretended we liked your movie.” Or they could clean my house and be like,
“April Fools, we made you think we wanted to clean the house instead of play
with our toys.” Or they could eat my
healthy dinner, and eat all of their vegetables and at the end be like, “April
Fools Mom! We actually wanted chicken
nuggets, but we’re too full now.” We
could turn this into a very productive holiday. I love April Fools Day!
