April Fool's Day

As you all know, today is April Fool's Day, so I decided to have a little fun with that fact.  I however do not do mean pranks, where anyone will be embarrased or heaven forbid hurt!  I started off the day first by emptying a couple bags of Skittles, filling them with grapes, resealing them, and slipping them into the kids' lunches.

Next up, preparing for our April Fool's Day dinner.  I told the children that since it was April Fool's Day, we would have dessert first and our meal second.  We started our meal out with these delicious meatloaves cupcakes covered with purple mashed potatoes frosting, and we washed it all down with cherry Jell-O Kool-aid. 

We had varying degrees of reaction to my little trickery, as you will see from the pictures.

 

Once we finished our delicious meatloaves cupcakes, it was time to move onto our main dish for the evening, cupcakes covered with frosting and candy Spaghetti and Meatballs.

We had no problem getting Brooke to dig right in, and after Braden saw the Spaghetti and Meatballs, he hurriedly polished off his meatloaf cupcake in order to eat some Spaghetti and Meatballs.

 I think this year was a success, now I need to start brainstorming for next year! 

Our Adorable Thomas Jefferson

Braden had to present his Thomas Jefferson project today at school, doesn't he make an adorable Thomas Jefferson?! 

As Braden and Rich worked on gathering facts for the project, I learned a lot of new tidbits about Thomas Jefferson and his life, including the fact that he had red/orange hair.  I also learned that he likely died from three causes, one of which was severe diarrhea.  I guess Emma's story of tragedy isn't as far fetched as I first thought.  

Emma's Birthday Celebration

For Emma's birthday this year, we had a family party (which is always easier).  We didn't really have a typical theme for the party this year; our theme was Emma.  The whole night was all about Emma and her favorites.  She picked the cake, our dinner (lasagna), the games we played, and the decorations were chosen according to her favorites.  Emma felt like a princess and loved having a night all about her!  Here are the pictures from our night.