I love April fools day! I think some of it runs in my blood... no one can pick a prank and pull it off like my Grammy. She's GOOD! So the night before I was trying to plan what I was going to do, my brother Scott called and asked for ideas. He told me he was putting Jello in their toilet. My first thought was that Jello in the toilet would lead to other surprizes and pranks that my kids would try and pull on me, probably for the rest of my life. I can only imagine the kinds of things they would try and stick down the swirling vortex of no return, and this would lead to me having to make a call to our friend Bo, who is a plumber. So.... Jello was definently OUT!!!

I decided to stick with FUN (safe) food ideas. I made blue german pancakes for breakfast, Parker was nice enough to eat them, because he thought they looked so nasty there was no way they would taste good. I also set the table with BIG serving spoons, the kids loved it. By dinner the kids had forgotten about "fools day". I called them for dinner. I had made mini hamburgers and cupcakes. The hamburgers were cookies with york patties, green coconut, and red frosting. The cupcakes were sheperds pie with pink mashed potateos on top ( I got the recipes from family fun magazine).

My kids had no idea what they were in for! After the prayer, they both picked up their hamburgers and started eating. I was actually impressed! I've never offered them dinner and dessert at the same time and I thought they'd start with the cupcake. They looked at each other and then at me "mom, why is there chocolate in my burger?....... and the bun kindof tastes like a cookie" Jackson had the best look on his face. The kids disected and ate their "burgers", then they started on their cupcakes. Chloe dipped her finger in the frosting and tasted it, she pulled the "yuck" face. She was expecting something sweet. We got laughing as they tried to eat their very cheesy "cupcakes". They both had two and woke up the next morning asking for more.