April Fool's Part II. The Final Conclusion

Bath toys swimming in the toilet on April Fool's day!  

All three screamed or let out some kind of hilarious unintelligible exclamation!  

It made my day.

Part I of our April Fool's Day can be found by clicking here:  Just the Beginning!

Part II

I emailed all their teachers the night before and asked them to wish them Happy Birthday for April Fool's day - which they all did and got a big kick out of. (every morning - as they leave the car - I tell them I love them - happy halloween (or some other random holiday) and happy birthday! Kbugs instantly knew when her teacher said it. She asked her teacher "Have you talked to my mom recently?" :o) Cowboy T's entire class sang to him.  She said the perplexed look on his face was priceless.  My Buddy's teacher is a fellow prankster and gave them a fake test they all fell for.  She's my kind of teacher!

Then the final kicker was late that night. Bob was in Canada - so we set it up about a week in advance - he started dropping hints that some departments at work were relocating there. So when he called home tonight we had this whole fake discussion about moving to Canada.   I acted all suspicious & went in the other room and closed the door - knowing with their curiosity they're ears would be glued to the door! It worked perfectly! When I came out they kept saying Is anything going on? I neither confirmed or denied - but they were all egging each other on and building it into something - all on their own. Buddy said he'd never leave the United States of America - Cowboy T was panickedly musing that we only have 6 license plates left to find in our license plate game & we'd never get to find them. I simply suggested that certainly there are license plates in Canada too - just different ones! Kbugs said she'd refuse to go to Girl's Camp in Canada because it would be too cold! Finally after a little bit of letting them dig themselves in deeper and deeper Buddy said - if we are moving - when would it be - and I replied on April 1st - on APRIL FOOLS!!!! Muwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  They couldn't believe they'd fallen for it! We laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.  Then we called Bob and let him know how it went.  Ahhhh the success of a parent team!!!  :o)  Their favorites of the day was Canada and the rubber ducks! I feel like we had a wonderfully successful day - and I've already got quite a few things in mind for next year! hahaha :o)

Uhh . . . pardon me????????

Random Quote of the Year:  Awarded to Cowboy T

Setting:  Driving along - lovely day.  Me and the kids.  Typical conversation.  Quiet lull - broken by this:

Cowboy T:  Umm . . . Mom?

Me:  Yes?

Cowboy T: (said slowly and ponderishly)  Do you have a criminal record?

I mean . . . what do you even say?!?!?  Clearly no - I don't - but is there some question in his mind that I might?  And what would give such an impression?  I don't think a parent ever really expects to hear that type of question from their child.  

So I responded:  No - do you?  (And then - there was a disturbingly long pause) - and then to my relief he replied Nope!  Then I figured maybe I'd better investigate a little further in case I'd missed something.  I asked my Buddy if he did and he quickly and emphatically replied "NO!!!  I DO NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD!!!"  So then I asked Kbugs.  Much to our shock she said, "Well . . . actually . . . "  :o)  hahaha!  I just love conversations with my kids!  No wonder they never take me seriously.  

But wait - back to the original question . . . is there some concern that I might have a record?!?!?  

Crazy kids!!!!

New bangs and a pretty smile!

Museum of Art

A local budding young artist is currently featuring a masterpiece at the local Museum of Art!  Woohooo!  Go Cowboy T!  On Monday he handed me an invitation inviting him and the family to a reception to honor the artists whose work was chosen for the exhibit.  Unfortunately the invitation had been in his backpack several days and the reception was held the previous Friday.  That's ok though - because we still got a chance to go see it and it looked marvelous!  He was quite proud of his work.  And - on top of that - the museum was really cool!  We'd never been there before - but the kids were very impressed with the interior architecture and feel of the building.  We had a lot of fun and we're so proud of our artist Cowboy!

Hip Hip Hooray!

He got an Honors rating!!!!  Hooray!  My Buddy was so nervous - but he was amazing!  The judge was impressed at how smooth he played and that he'd memorized so much music for a 5th grader.  Little did he know - he's only been playing a little over 3 months!  I'm just such a proud Mama!  He was SO excited when he saw his score.  When he told his teacher she just looked dumbfounded as she realized he'd memorized it all.  (That's the only way you can earn an Honors rating.)  Way to go Buddy!  :o)  You worked hard and earned that score!

Cello Man!

Today my Buddy will be playing a piece by Bach in front of judges on his cello for solo and ensemble.  This kid blows me away.  

He started playing in January.  He sat in his room and figured out how to play it - and in two days was caught up to the other cellos that had started playing in August.  He practices all the time.  I have NEVER had to remind him to practice.  So he decided to play in solo and ensemble and his teacher gave him three pieces to choose from.  She gave him 3 choices and he chose the hardest one.  He said he thinks she was a little irritated by that - BUT - when she heard him play it last week flawlessly - she was a-ok with his choice.  What she doesn't know - is that he has the entire song memorized - which will get him an honors rating if it goes well.  I asked him why he didn't tell her and he just said he didn't want to make a big deal of it and stand out.  What a kid!  He's going to do great!  I'm so proud of him!  I absolutely LOVE listening to him play!!!!!

Hallelujah it's Friday!!!!

I promise the rest of the April Fool's post is coming!  It was beautiful - completely successful and profoundly hilarious!  :o)

I'm so glad it's Friday!  I'm completely pooped, tired and exhausted!  It's been a great - but high stress week.  Thank goodness it's conference weekend!

For those of you praying for Spencer and Crystal's family - they could use some more prayers.  They were in a car accident yesterday.  A lady pulled out in front of them.  Their car is totaled.  The kids and Spencer are ok - but Crystal's wrist and elbow are broken a long with some ribs and a dislocated shoulder too.  Truly some jewels are being placed in their crowns for all they've been through.

Heh heh heh! My Favorite Day!!!!

Already the day has been a success!!!!!  :o)  Before 6:30am I have proudly launched and carried out 4 April fool's jokes on my children!  Muwahahahahahaha!!!!

I have been so nervous trying to think of things to top last year - but so far - it's going swimmingly!  (For last year - click here:  Last Year's April Fools!)

First was the rubber duckies floating in the toilet!!!!  Boy were they surprised when they each opened the lid!  hahahaha!!!!!  Then the toilet paper roll had a little piece of scotch tape - so it just rolled and rolled as it spun around!  hee hee hee  Then came the green milk for breakfast!  (gotta love food coloring!) and finally (for now!!!) the clocks all set two hours ahead!  hahahaha!!!  

And the day has just begun . . . 

Muwahahahahaha!

It went great!!!

I never know how quickly my class will move through an activity.  I just never know.  Sometimes it takes forever and other times we're done so quick I swear I didn't even blink.  My biggest worry was that we'd finish what I had planned so fast that then I'd have to start tap dancing for a half hour.  

But I'm happy to say it all went smoothly and timed out perfectly!  Hooray!  My little guys were great and I was so proud of them!  They melt my heart every day.  Couldn't have done it without my amazing TA's!  They make up for all the weak spots I have.  They keep me moving and have taught me so much!  Love them!  Thanks for all the prayers and kind wishes.  It made all the difference!

Well - I hear the wind picking up . . . A storm is moving in with reports of baseball size hail.  The kids just fell asleep - so this could get interesting.  I'd better sign off now!

Batten the hatches!  ;o)

Evaluation Time!

My yearly evaluation is today!  I feel good about it - but a prayer or two wouldn't hurt . . . :o)

I'm still not entirely sure about my lesson plans - but the day usually unfolds itself in its own way anyway!

See ya on the flip side of the day!