We've become a family who likes to celebrate the small things. Any chance to celebrate is a pretty big deal around here. Whether it's St. Paddy's. Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you), or April Fools.
We have a few ground rules when it comes to April Fools that mainly centre around the concept that tricks must not be mean spirited. Last year I tricked Molly and Jack by playing a clip of The Ice Cream Truck Song on my cell phone from my pocket sporadically throughout the day, making them believe the Ice Cream Truck was on our street. They ran outside three times searching for the truck before they realized it was me. One year I froze their breakfast cereal in milk and juice so they were confused at breakfast time, another I bought the classic snakes in a can of chips to shock them when I offered up a snack.
Molly commented yesterday that my tricks usually involve food. I assured her I'd work on a trick that did not involve food...only that's just a deep fake.
This year I am going to attempt two tricks that are a combination of things I found online thanks to some research sent to me by my friend C.
The first one starts tonight. I have asked Molly if she wants to paint our nails tonight and she has said yes. When she goes to bed I am going to create a fake nail polish spill (here's a video on how to to this) and placing my "spill" all over the coffee table. I'll ask Molly and Jack if they can put it away the nail supplies in the morning to watch their reactions.
This will make her think I have completed my April Fool's prank for the year.
Later in the morning I am going to head out to Tim Hortons and return with a coffee and donuts. I will present the kids with new Tim's Brownie donuts, only It's just going to be an empty Tim's Donut Box (we saved one from a couple of weeks ago) filled with paper, Brown, Es.
We'll see if they fall for it. Wish me luck, as I'm sure I have a couple of pranks headed my way care of them. What are your favourite April Fools tricks?
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