Little Pranksters

On April Fool's Eve I did some research to find the perfect April Fools joke to play on my kids. Find it, I did. Execute it, I did not. A woman wrote that when she was a kid her mom went into the rooms of the kids, scooped them up out of their beds, and placed them in someone else's bed. The woman marveled at the fact that her mom succeeded without waking a single child.

I knew I had no hope of pulling this one off, so I asked Cameron to brainstorm with me. He came up with toilet papering their bedrooms. I know, it's the old standby, but we had never done it before, and I have fond memories of toilet papering people's houses. We snuck into their bedrooms and strung two rolls in each room. It was just like the good ole days.

The next morning we woke to little squeals and then the pitter-patter of little feet in the dining room as Annika and Kayja were busy readying their April Fool's prank. We went downstairs and discovered they had set the whole table for breakfast, substituting utensils for an array of kitchen implements. They had also stolen the toilet paper idea and toilet papered our table. They thought they were so clever.