April Fools!!

I love April Fools Day! We don't do any mean pranks around here, just try to "get" each other some. This year I TP'd the kids' room while they were sleeping. They were pretty surprised in the morning- especially since they didn't remember what day it was! These picture don't do it much justice, but they do show how we have all 5 older kids sleeping in one small room! Every time I think Joziah is doing really well, he has a bad night and I remember why he still needs his own room. But the kids mostly love the continuous slumber party, anyway.

Back to the topic at hand, Hanna put a fake beetle in Kory's lunch, and I found a rubber snake in my bed during the middle of the night. I also used a washable marker to draw a pair of eyes and the words "Peek-a-boo" under the toilet lid. This made them laugh, but it also inspired Ezra to get a brown marker and scribble all over the other toilet lid and seat. Oh well- that's what Ajax is for!

Mother Nature is playing some kind of prank on me, because last night I started to really itch in my neck and ears. Then I was up for a couple of hours in the night with an itchy, red splotchy torso. Today I've had the itchies move all around my body, including my eyes. Now I am breaking out in itchy little red dots (hives I suppose) pretty much everywhere. I guess I'm allergic to something??? I just hope it ends soon!


Next year, if I remember, we are going to do a silly meal where you eat regular food, but use silly objects for the dishes, cups and utensils.

And here is a cute picture of Ezra in his "robot" (which is what he calls a space ship.) He prefers the door closed, but we had to open it for the picture, obviously.