Hello and Happy April Fool’s Day,
Dan and I are keeping busy for it is our
16th day hunkering down and sounds like for another two months. It seems, like a dream and any minute I’ll be
waking up – I know most of you all you feel the same way. Unfortunately, this change is the new norm
for a while.
I continue to keep a positive outlook and
hope that this virus gets under control for the whole world. I have kept in touch with our friends from
all over the world and they are just as affected as we are. Dan’s and my heart go out to them and pray for
their safety.
Today is April 1, and normally we all have
pranks for our friends and loved ones, this year I saw an article which I feel
is worth repeating. For our children, we
need to try to keep them protected by continuing to be as normal as possible.
This goes out to my grandson Jonah and every other child.
16 kid-friendly April Fools' Day pranks
that are cute, not mean and for the young at heart.
BY:
Amanda Mushro
TODAY March 31, 2020
With everyone quarantined at home, this
might be the most opportune year to turn this April Fools’ Day into a family
affair. From the minute your kids wake up, until they crawl back into bed at
night, they’ll never know when the next joke is coming.
Obviously — in this uncertain time — we
want to stay away from any pranks that leave our kids in tears, unless those
tears are from laughing too hard. So, whether your kids are the ones pulling
the pranks or they’re on the receiving end, these April Fools' Day jokes are
silly and fun and will have everyone giggling.
1. Swap
Sleepers
If your kids are heavy
sleepers, carry them into their sibling’s bed and let them wake up in a different room to start April
Fools on the right foot.
2. Frozen
Breakfast
Put cereal and milk in a
bowl and let it freeze overnight. When your hungry kids try to dig in, they’ll get quite the surprise.
3. Juice Joke
Anyone want juice? Your
family will try taking a drink of this juice and find out it’s really Jell-O.
Swap out their underwear drawer for bathing suits for an early morning
prank.
5. “Eye” See You
Give your kids a laugh at
lunchtime by attaching googly eyes to everything. (This year, you won't have
the lunch box but you can still add the eyes!)
6. Toilet Paper Message
Unroll the toilet paper
and leave a funny message for the unsuspecting user. My personal favorite:
“You’re going to wash your hands, right?” (What a perfect message for these
pandemic days.) Roll the toilet paper back up and wait to see who ends up
getting the message.
7. Honk for April Fools
Let your practical jokers
put a sign on your car that reads “My kids are playing an April Fools' joke on
me. Honk and wave at me!” This joke is even funnier if they get to take a ride
in the car with you.
8. Bugs in Your Ice
This oldie but goodie
prank is easy to make at home with this tip. Add almost boiling water to the
ice cube trays and toss in a few plastic bugs. The hotter the water, the clearer
the ice will be when frozen.
9. Sweet Trick
Offer up brownies as an
afternoon snack, but everyone will be shocked when they find brown letter Es (get it — brown Es?)
instead!
10. Bath time Hoax
Use a Q-tip to put gel
food coloring around the inside of the faucet in the bathtub or sink. When the
water is turned on, you’ll have colored water! You might want to stay away from
red. This is April Fools' and not Halloween, after all.
11. Pillow Prank
Just when they thought
April Fool’s Day was over, here’s one last prank. Remove the pillows and fill
their pillowcases with several partially inflated balloons. When they put their
head down to sleep, they’ll realize you got the last April Fools laugh.
Obviously if you have younger children, you’ll want to take the balloons out of
their room before they drift off to sleep... with a smile on their faces.
12. Toothpaste switcheroo
Surprise your kids this
April Fool's Day with a little toothpaste switcheroo. After breakfast, hand
over their toothbrush—but instead of the usual white paste, opt for something
white, creamy and…sweet! Cream cheese or vanilla frosting will do the trick; if
they use a colored kids' tooth gel, try using cake decorating gel instead.
13. Whoopee!
Put a whoopee cushion
under your baby's high-chair cushion, under the booster seat or car seat cover
and see if you get a laugh from the baby, his fart-loving older brother or your
hubs.
14. Milk shenanigans
Add a few drops of food
coloring to the carton of milk; when your child goes to pour it into her glass,
or bowl of cereal, she'll get a colorful surprise — bright pink (or blue, or
green) milk!
15. Cupcakes for dinner
Your kids will think
you're the coolest mom ever — for a moment at least. Bake up mini meatloaves in
muffin cups (don't forget the colorful wrappers). Then "frost" then
with creamy mashed potatoes. See how long it takes for your kids to realize that
you really aren't that cool after all.
16. Bedtime classic
Borrow a summer camp
classic and short sheet your kid's bed before bedtime — when he tries to get
in, you'll have the last laugh.
Wisdom is a word that in the uncertain
world we live in today is something worth talking about. I have this saying over a mirror in my bed
room that reads like this;
Ask
and it
Will
be given,
Seek
and you will find.
Every time I look in the mirror, I look up
and say this message. It’s the most
powerful message we can give one another during this virus.
I had asked what have you been doing
during this shutdown and I have been getting messages.
One of my Instagram friends replied, she is keeping busy and spending time with her horses.
After Dan wrote his high school friend
from Italy, we have been hearing how horrible it is in that area of the
world. He got a message back from him
and I would love to share:
From Italy
March 27th 2020 at 6:51 pm
It is insane. We have been under lock down
now for 17 days.
Travel restriction has gotten tougher and
tougher. We are now limited to the amount we can travel from our home. We can
go out for grocery items, pharmacy, walk the dog, (but cannot go more than 200 meters
from the house), bank and medical issues.
In Rome we are doing OK, only about 2000
cases here out of over 3 million people. Up north it is a blood bath. Thousands
sick and a very high death rate due to the age of the people and them already
having serious health issues.
We are staying in and only going out when
necessary. We are lucky as we have a nice large terrace that is very private
and a nice garden which we use for walking exercise ...... OK it is only 100
feet long so we walk in a circle but we do it for an hour a day and it is
exercise.
No problem getting any meds or food.
Grocery store well stocked, no hoarding, and the one only 2 minutes away is
never that busy so no lines. The pharmacy is a 2-minute walk and we have no
problem getting the meds that Gale takes. If they are out the delivery to
restock is only a couple of hours. they get deliveries three times a day even
now for anything not in stock.
Just making sure we avoid people, wear a
mask when out doing errands and no visitors from outside. We do see our
neighbors, only 10 of us in total in the building. We often visit in the garden
and exchange lists of items we all need and take turns doing the pickup. Helps
cut down the number of trips out and about.
Now my advice for you.... after living
here...... stay in as much as possible, avoid people and crowds. We see the
pictures from the states and people are not taking this serious enough. Here we
have seen the numbers start to drop off the longer the lock down goes on. Right
now, it looks like the end of May before they start taking away some of the
restrictions.
Italy is really going to be a mess for a
few years with no tourists. They are the one thing that drives the economy. It
is going to be a country similar to the one after the war working to get back
to normal.
Thanks for thinking of me and take care.
Last, Dan and I started the puzzle that
our daughter sent us. This is going to take a long time for it is very intense.
Until tomorrow, be safe. Here is a song that I heard this morning on
Kelly and Ryan. Thank you to all the front-line
responders
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