At 5:30 a.m., Cubby's alarm went off. Shortly thereafter, Cubby appeared, fully dressed. Of course, I asked him why he had set his alarm to go off a full hour before he usually gets up for school.
"It's April Fools'. Now I have a whole hour to get my bag of tricks ready."
My clocks are now set two hours ahead, there's a trip wire across the other boys' bedroom door, and Cubby just asked me which shoes his brothers wear to school.
I expect there to be some retaliation from said brothers today. I just hope they forget about me in all the, ahem, fun.
If you were wondering what my least-favorite day of the year is, now you know: April Fools' Day with a bunch of little boys.
2 comments:
So, so true. But we got the kids good today. We had a rain that left a gazillion worms on our patio, and we told them they had to pick them off before they dried out and got stuck on. And we meant it-- no fooling. Ten years from now they'll be saying to each other, "Hey, you remember that time we had to pick a gazillion worms off the patio before breakfast on April Fool's Day?"
Jody: HA. I don't think that would a hardship for my sons, though. At least, if they were promised a fishing trip with the worms.
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