April Fool's Day

Let's be honest. I'm not much of a prankster (although I do get a good laugh out of someone who is being pranked) and I have never really given much thought to April Fool's Day. However, last year my sister Carissa made these fun cupcakes from the Hello! Cupcake cookbook for April Fool's, and this year we decided to make our entire dinner an April Fool's Dinner! Rix even got into the spirit of things and gave Olivia a "present".

Rix put her present in a bag, and, uh, this is what she pulled out. She doesn't look to impressed.

Rix was a little disappointed that Olivia didn't freak out over the worms (in fact she wanted to keep them as pets). We did learn, however, that Carissa was not loving the worms. We just gave the present to the wrong person!! Maybe next year...

Rix's worms. Yuck.

For dinner I told the boys we were having ice cream. Rix smiled like we won the lottery and Bryce was in a state of dumbfoundedness. The looks on their faces were priceless! However, they learned quickly that this wasn't exactly what they had in mind.

It was a mashed potato "sundae". It's supposed to be layered with gravy (my kids don't like gravy, so I used ranch for them) with cheese "sprinkles" and a "cherry" tomato on top (which my kids don't like either). But they did end up really enjoying their potato sundaes! They thought it was fun, and ate almost all of it!

These are the cupcakes we made for dessert. It is supposed to be a "TV dinner", but the boys don't know what a TV dinner is. We've never really had one before. But the top row is "fried chicken", with peas and carrots, mashed potatoes complete with gravy and butter, and chocolate pudding. Pretty good, huh?

This one is my favorite! The "gravy" (caramel sauce) is so good on the cupcake!

Next year I will plan it all out better. I want to really fool my kids with dinner, and maybe a silly prank. Any ideas??