April Fools Has Come and Gone.
I made a mistake. Let this be a lesson to you all.
It was early. That’s my excuse and I was sticking to it. At 6:20am, she slapped my face and told me to “get up”. I tried to convince her to crawl into bed with me as we do not need to be awake 2 hours before the bus gets here.
I managed to get her to crawl back in bed for fifteen minutes or so and then I heard the pitter patter of little feet1
So, she crawls in bed for a bit and then we finally get up and search for coffee 2 and something for breakfast3 and as I am feeding the dog I casually mention that it’s April 1st.
“It’s April Fools Day” I said.
I really didn’t mean to say it. You remember that one time when you said the F word in front of your parents? That’s what this felt like. As soon as I said it I wished I could take it back.
Her Eyes LIT UP LIKE SAUCERS as if I told her that it was Christmas Day and before I could say another word; she was off to get the prank book.
Yes, THE PRANK BOOK.
Maybe you’ve heard of it?
She gets the book and wants to do something about making fake glue and then leaving it on a table. We have 30 minutes at this point to get on a bus so we’re not searching the cupboards for flour or whatever you need to make this transaction. We don’t have time and I don’t have the inclination.
She then wondered what else she could do? Well, last weekend we went to our favorite store that sells random junk that are returns from Target and Amazon and one of the things she came home with were stickers that read: don’t eat my food.
I suggested that she stick one on mommy’s jar of jam and then she would see it in the fridge at some point.
That seemed okay by her and we got on the school bus on time. Crisis Averted.
That should have been the end of April Fool’s 2025
When she got home, she was still all over it so when I she came home I gave her an after-school snack and we talked, etc. She got bored and I was doing chores so she snuck up to her room. She then came out and asked me to take the cap off a glue stick. Crafts are big here, so I didn’t really think much about this other than she wanted to glue things.
BW is still sick in bed, so she brought a book to her mother to read. BW went to open the book to read it to her and all the pages were glued together.
That child. She really can’t be trusted. She’s only six too. This is going to get worse before it gets better, I am afraid.
I should have known better than spill the beans about April Fools, because before I did this morning, she thought the holiday was August Fools.
Today’s Lesson: Use the Disneyland Rule: Unless you know for sure it’s going to happen,(or you want it to) - keep your mouth shut. I should know better.
And don’t ever swear in front of your parents. It’s not a good look.
I’m going to miss the pitter patter eventually as she gets older but at 6:30 am this was not the case.
for me.
for her.