April Fool's

For this year's April Fool's Dinner, we had fishsticks. I cooked real fishsticks so the smell would permeate the kitchen. I set the table with peas, Rice-a-Roni, and red punch. I quickly set fake fishsticks (wafer cookies spread with peanut butter & rolled in crushed cornflakes) on each plate. I also made "peas" out of rolled up sour apple Airheads. The peas did not look realistic but the fishsticks did and they were pretty tasty.My favorite part of the dinner was the jello filled cups. The kids had no idea their drinks were actually solid. Ethan must have known something was up as I snapped pictures while we were eating dinner.AJ found it quite amusing.
I had to laugh at the girls digging in their cups with forks.I enjoyed listening to the kids try to guess what I did to the Rice-a-Roni (nothing), debating whether it was real or not.

Later that night AJ told me his favorite part of April Fool's Day is always the dinner. I love being a mom!

P.S. Credit for the prank ideas goes to Family Fun.

April Fool's

You know this is one of my favorite holidays! I love April Fool's!

This year for dinner I fixed Chicken-Not-Pie. It is actually vanilla pudding with colored Tootsie rolls shaped into mixed vegetables, with pie crust on the top. Here is a picture without the crust. Since we have chicken-pot-pie every once in a while the kids didn't question it even when I made it in individual servings. We all had fun with it. (Familyfun.com is where I found the idea.)

Esteban has been working on a research paper lately. He put together a Power Point presentation all by himself. He had to give the presentation to his class on Tuesday. His first slide was the title of his presentation: Cow Pies. The second slide was complete with a picture and graphic details of the make up of cow pies. The third slide was titled April Fool's. The actual research paper was on the Texas (surprise, surprise). He talked a lot of about the history of Texas including The Alamo, of course. The kids in his class were amazed that he has been inside The Alamo. He did a great job and he received a hundred percent on the project.

April Fool's

Most of you know that we love April Fool's around here. I believe that holidays are a lot more fun with kids, especially this particular holiday. I didn't do anything this year on April 1st. I waited until Monday for our Family Home Evening treat when I prepared "meatloaf, potatoes, and gravy". You should have heard the kids groan when I told them what we were having for our treat.

Although, upon closer look, they were pretty happy. It was actually chocolate rice crispies treats, vanilla ice cream, and butterscotch topping. I can't take credit for the ideas. They all came from Family Fun Magazine, a great resource for having fun with kids, if you can wade through all the advertisements.