April Fool's Dinner

I realize that April Fool's Day is a few days past, but I thought I would update you on what I did. On April Fool's Day, I decided to get into the holiday for a change. I added a pregnancy tracker on the side of my family's blog for the day and made a fun dinner for the kids. Nothing too crazy...but still some excitement.

When I pulled the "cupcakes" out of the oven and told the kids we would be eating our dessert first for dinner, they looked at me like I was crazy. Then, as they looked closer, my oldest son said, "hey I see meat in there." A disturbing thought when talking about a cupcake, but the fact that they were really meatloaf cupcakes with potatoes as the frosting, I guess that is okay. Surprisingly they tasted really good and we all enjoyed them, including my husband. When my youngest son first licked the "frosting", expecting a sweet taste, he got a funny look on his face and said, "hey, these are potatoes." We had some explaining to do at this point. When the kids had finished their "dessert", I asked if they were then ready for "dinner". They laughed and then were excited to see what was next.

I pulled out some "fishsticks and peas", and they were a little more nervous to try it out, but once they tasted both and figured out what they really were (cookies & Laffy Taffy), they loved them too. My 3 year old was a little confused throughout the dinner, but went along with things because the older 2kids were so excited. He kept telling me how much he loved peas. (Great, now I may be in trouble with that vegetable!)
The 2 older kids enjoying some "cupcakes":

I hope you all had a great April Fool's Day and weren't tricked by too many people!

April Fool's Day Ideas

Here's a fun prank to pull on your kids for April Fool's Day. It's a puzzle where you have to unscramble the letters to spell out words. What they won't know is that each line spells out the same phrase...April Fools! Click HERE if you would like a copy of the puzzle. OR...you could try out this matching/memory game, which really doesn't match at all.

Not one game piece has a match! If you would like this memory game, click HERE.
I am also thinking about possibly trying out some new recipes on the kids...if you know what I mean. If you want to try out something new at dinner, give this a look.
Family Fun has some really great ideas for this day so check it out.