April Fools Day

This holiday always seems to creep up on me without giving me any notice.  Every year I feel as though I'm rushed to figure out a trick for Emma to play on Eric, and then another (of course more evil and devious) one for me to play on him.  This year I was actually thinking about it several days ahead, but I still just couldn't come up with anything.  Sadly, I didn't play any tricks on Eric (which I'm sure he enjoyed).

Emma played one on him though.  We were having some mashed potatoes with dinner, so I had Emma take Eric an ice cream cone with potatoes instead of ice cream.  He, of course, knew what was coming, but as always, he was a wonderful sport and played along perfectly.  And Emma is so funny when she is going to try to trick someone.  All day long she had been telling him she was going to give him an ice cream cone, and she always seemed to have a wicked little smirk on her face while she said it.  Too funny.

Eric and I played several tricks on Emma too.  Ahhh, it was so great.  I didn't get very many pictures though.  That's the only trouble with pranks.  Having your camera out and ready to capture the moment usually is a dead giveaway that something is about to happen.  Anyway, onto our tricks.  1- Last night after she was asleep we went into her room and flipped her around so her head was where her feet usually are.  We moved her sheets too.  So this morning she was very disoriented.  2- Her bedroom door opens into her room, so we were able to stretch crepe paper back and forth across her doorway blocking her in.  She had to tear her way through to get out.  But first she tried crawling underneath it.  3- When she entered her bathroom and tried to turn on the light she couldn't because we had taped it down.  In the dark she had to try to figure that one out.  4- I drew a funny picture on the toilet paper that I had seen on pinterest (this one was mostly just for her entertainment).  5- Then when she went to go out, we had put a glob of vaseline on the underneath side of the doorknob, so it started smearing and made it impossible for her to get out!  Ha!  6- I had sewn all her panties together too, so that when she went to grab a new pair they would all come out.  7- And then for breakfast, we had filled a bowl part way up with water and frozen it.  We poured a little cereal on top of it.  When she tried to put her spoon in she hit the ice.

8- Later in the day I told her I made some brownies and asked if she wanted one.  She LOVES brownies.  Of course she said yes, while sort of freaking out with excitement.  She came into the kitchen and saw a pan of brown E's.  Her face was awesome.  To be fair I then had her help me make some real brownies for us to enjoy.

Our last prank was right before bed.  9- In a friendlier and cleaner spin on the bucket-of-water-over-the-door trick, Eric had propped up some pillows on her door, so when she went in her room they fell on her head.

I loved today.  I got so many eye-rolls from Emma.  And that's just about my favorite thing.  It lets me know I'm doing my job properly.  She did laugh at all of our jokes.  She seemed to love being on the receiving end.  Nice to know she can take a joke.