We started off the morning with a bang by way of prank after prank after prank after....
After being awakened for the first time by one daughter screaming at the other "I don't like you!" (to which Jared asked me if I was having a happy birthday already), I was awakened the second time when a ski hat was thrown on top of my face. Judging by the way Leah was laughing, that must be the funniest prank ever known to mankind. After that, all kinds of other hilarious pranks followed.
Brita toilet papered Leah in her bed, using an entire roll of toilet paper.
Leah tied her pillow pet to Meg's door, which was interpreted by Meg to mean that she gets to sleep with it now.
Twice, Leah told me to step into my slippers and come get some breakfast. I stepped into slippers filled with batteries and paper towels.
Brita gave me a birthday card that said "Happy Bday/April Fool's Day!" and then doubled over laughing because when I tried to open it, it was glued shut.
Leah invited me to sit down to a breakfast of toast and oranges, sprinkled with salt and pepper.
Brita told me she put a box of Wheaties on the counter for my breakfast, but how mysterious that she didn't pour it for me. I was SHOCKED when I poured some Cheerios for Meg and lo and behold, Wheaties actually came out of the box.
Leah gave me a newspaper from 2009 and told me to read the articles because they were really good.
Brita turned the TV up to full volume, scaring the ba-jezeers out of me when I turned it on this morning.
Leah called Jared on his cell phone from the other room and then danced around like she just won the sweepstakes.
Both of the girls woke up early this morning to get a jump start on their pranks. Leah got up at 4am, then went back to bed. Brita woke up at 6am and started pranking away. They were serious.
After a bunch of morning pranks, the girls started dropping hints that lead me to believe they expected something from me. Then after about five minutes, they just started out right asking me if I was going to play any pranks on them today. I hate April Fool's Day. Why does my birthday have to be on the one day of the year that I really want nothing to do with?
As much as it pained me to participate in all the jocularity, I couldn't disappoint my girls who had worked so hard to make my birthday special. So I walked each of them to their rooms to tuck them into bed tonight and watched as they squirmed to try to get into bed. At first they were frustrated, then confused, then tickled pink when they realized I had risen to the occasion. Their boring mom actually played a prank.
Apparently, eight- and ten-year-old girls give high fives for short-sheeted beds. Who knew?
2 comments:
Happy Birthday! Holy Cow, your girls are tenacious!
My Grandpa's birthday was April 1, and my Mom's favorite trick was switching the salt for the sugar. He cooked eggs, put the sugar on them, put it all in the trash. Got out the cereal, sprinkled salt on, put it in the disposal. I guess it was a trick on my mom when he got an old box of cereal, started eating it out of the box, only to find weavils had infested it. My Mom started shrieking, but my Grandpa only replied: There's my protein!
happy belated birthday, friend!
sounds like your kids went to TOWN on April Fools Day. Ours was an utter disappointment--I don't think we did ONE THING. lame. maybe next year. Kids love April Fools Day.
My heart broke a little when I read your post about precious Leah and her longing for the "you are special here's an ipod" award. I too have a daughter who looks for outside validation of her self-worth and special-ness. How can we let our girls know how much they are worth? I know I didn't entirely know when I was 8 years old, either--do I even now? sweet post.
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