April Fools!

We have been back in the saddle doing yard work. So naturally Brian has filled up the garbage can with dirt, rocks, and weeds... again. The garbage can was so full it was hard to move. In fact, it was packed with so much Earth our regular household trash was piling up to the side.  Ya,  it was hideous.... and I was pretty annoyed.  You see the same thing had happened the week before,  and when I moved the can to the street it was so heavy I thought it might just fall on top of me.  So I asked Brian to move it the night before so I wouldn't have to worry about it early in the morning. Brian is kind of a do it when I have to the last minute kind of guy. He waited until just before he took Abby to preschool at 8:45.  Our garbageman usually comes before 9. When I looked outside at 10 o'clock the garbage was still there!  Okay, now I was really annoyed.  Piles of trash and we apparently had missed the garbage man!
So,  I texted Brian that he better plan on making a trip to the dump. Grrrr. And ya,  I was sleep deprived and quite frankly not my best self. The truth is the garbage man was apparently playing a joke on the neighborhood. With a big sigh of relief I noticed he came at 11. Thanks for the April Fools joke mister garbage man. I thought about propping up the garbage lid to make Brian think it was still full (he he he)...but my little Tommy needed me inside. 

Next up,  I talked to Brian at about 11 and he said he would pick up Abby. She gets out at 11:30. I thought all was well as I was running around cleaning the house.  They still weren't home by noon so I just assumed Abby had convinced her Daddy to take her to McDonald's.  Then I got a call from her teacher at 12:05 saying Abby was still there! Ah! Seriously?! Did we really miss communicate that? I apologized to her teacher and had Chissy pick her up.  It took me a good half hour to get out there.  Thanks for the joke hun. He had had a client walk in with with a very sad story and had forgotten. He felt bad.  And I felt bad for chewing him out.  Breathe girl!

Abby had learned all about April Fools at school and thought it was the funniest thing to tell me there was a butterfly behind my back. So I would look and she would point and laugh.  She is a doll :-)

My turn!  For dinner that night I told the kids we were having cupcakes! I cooked meatloaf in little cupcake liners and  I whipped up some blue mashed potatoes for frosting.  Of course I had them eat their carrots before they could eat cupcakes ;-) They even got to put their own sprinkles on!  Abby was like,  this frosting doesn't taste very good,  maybe it needs different sprinkles.  So she found some in the cupboard. Scott was like,  mmmm these are yummy! Then Brian  said they were April Fools cupcakes and Abby finally got it. I also made chocolate pudding in mugs and told the kids it was hot chocolate.

Wait! It's not over! Door bell rings. Why hello youth from our ward!  Yes,  my son is greeting you without any underwear on and a mixture of blue potatoes and chocolate pudding smeared all over his face. Oh, you are here to do a service project we were supposed to be prepared for?  Um,  great!  Um, um, um, let's go pull weeds! I think there is room in the garbage can ;-)