April Fools' Day Fun!

A couple of years ago I started the tradition of playing a little prank on my kids for April Fools' Day.  Well actually it didn't start as a "tradition" I found a cute idea one year and thought I would do it and then the years after that my kids would get excited wondering what joke I was going to pull on them this year!  So the tradition began, I'm actually glad because I LOVE traditions!!  Hopefully they'll do it for their kids and so on.  So last year I froze milk in a clear cup, when they tried to drink their morning milk nothing came out!  They loved it!!!!  On a side note...don't try to pull a prank on your hubby by telling them one of your kids fell and broke their arm.  Especially if your hubby is out of town and doesn't want to be!  I found that out the hard way, didn't go over very well.  If I remember correctly it was the first and only time Craig actually hung up on me. Ouch, it still hurts to this day.    Not the best idea, if he did that to me I would be soooooo mad!!!!! Sorry about that, learned my lesson.   

  This year I'm doing a couple of things and hopefully they'll be a hit.  The morning of April Fools' day I'm going to serve them cereal, but of course it's not normal cereal!  I am freezing it as we speak and in the morning I will add new cereal to cover up the frozen part.  I think they'll laugh.  Another thing I'm doing is making "special cupcakes!"  It will really throw them for a loop because I'm doing an early April Fools' day prank (because of that they really won't suspect anything tomorrow morning, the cereal will be great!) Mac is spending the night with a friend tomorrow so I can't serve them for dinner, I thought about sending them to school with a cupcake but I want to see their reaction!  They look like normal cupcakes but they're really meatloaf with pink mashed potatoes on top!!! They will think I'm such a nice mom to serve dessert first, ha!  For other ideas look at www.familyfun.com fun ideas!!!!

It worked out good because I had a little bit of crushed up cereal left so I don't feel like I wasted anything!

Yummy! They'll never know!!!

All the ingredients for mashed potatoes and meatloaf (thank goodness the entire family loves meatloaf!)

In the cupcake liners ready to go, bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

I made the mashed  potatoes and added red food coloring.

Then I iced the little cupcakes.

I tried one for lunch and it's yummy!  Once they take a bite I will add a little pepper I couldn't put that in the potatoes.  I'm not sure how to explain pepper on cupcake frosting! :o)

Happy April Fools' Day!!!

Easter is coming soon!

I always love Spring time!!!  Everything is blooming and the weather is just delightful.  It was also my mom's favorite time of the year so even though I think of her daily all year long this time of the year is very precious to me.  I find myself remembering special memories of fun things we did together and also I imagine what fun and creative things she would be doing with my girls.  For those who don't know, my mom who was an AMAZING friend and mom pasted away in September of 2001 from a brain tumor.  I was about 7 months pregnant with MacKenzie at the time so my mom never got to meet either of my babies.  So many times I imagine what she would be doing with Mac and Mille, one thing is for sure she would be SO in love with both of them!!!  My dad and I joke that if she were still alive I would actually be begging her to leave my house and let me have some time with the girls alone.   If only .....

I included some pics of spring/Easter decorating that I do each year.  I give the girls a Christmas ornament each year so when they have a home of their own they will have a good start on their Christmas tree.  Then I got the idea from a friend to expand that to other holidays.  My second favorite holiday is Easter so each year I get Mac and Camille a bunny.  The girls love to look at each bunny and remember when they got it.

Some of my favorite pics of me and my mom!  I was probably a Sophomore at Baylor in the top pic.

This is a great photo that I love!! I was about 6 years old in this one.  My mom was so gorgeous!!!

These are bunnies my dad bought they girls last year in Salado.  Each year the girls and I go to Salado during Christmas (another thing I did with my mom and dad each year!  Love it, so the tradition continues with the girls and my dad!) but this particular year we didn't get to go at Christmas so we went in the Spring! These are actually my favorite bunnies. :o)

All the little bunnies on the table!

Far away view

This is a tiny view of what I've been working on!  Mille's 7th bday is coming up so I've been busy doing fun little things for her party!  Her are the water bottles each child is going to get.  The theme is "Silly Mille's Celebration!"

Little center pieces that I might use on a couple of the tables.  They didn't turn out as cute as I'd hope but they'll add fun to the party.  Once I have it all done I'll add more pics.  A lot is done but it is all in bags waiting for party time!

The Leprechauns came!!!!

I was shocked the girls weren't up at dawn to see if they had visitors!  

Here is Mac sleeping peacefully.

Under the covers is Mille. If you read my blog or if you know Mille then you're not shocked about this pic.  That silly girl sleeps is the strangest places & positions.  I promise you the second I said, "Hmm I wonder who was in our house last night? Things don't look the way they were last night!" Heads and bodies popped out of bed!

You might be asking what the heck that is sticking out of one of the traps!  Those silly leprechauns left a fake leprechaun leg!! The girls thought that was very funny.

Silly Mille with a silly leg!

The leprechauns always leave clues for the girls to do.  This one said something about going to the place where there is a "white pool" and look at my art that I left you.

The "white pool" was the toilet! I the past those silly guys turned the water green!  Now mom has a bleach tablet so that doesn't work anymore. ;o) oops!  But this year they put a silly face and the words "hee hee hee" on the mirror!!! The next clue said "last year I turned your milk green but this year I decided to leave you something!" I guess they couldn't turn the milk green this year (a favorite of the girls!) because mom changed milk and now we have milk in a paper carton! Again, oops!

The leprechauns left the girls green jello!  Mac ate hers promptly. The last clue said,"You tried to catch me and almost did! Maybe next year, but until then here are some goodies because you're a good kid!"

Sorry about this pic, the easel is a crazy mess! I guess I'll have to clean it out again for like the 50th time. Even though it's messy it had awesome treats!

The girls got pop rocks, nerds, sour straws, Lucky Charms cereal, and little animals.

A pic of traps and clues.

Wow! Those leprechauns must know these girls are as sweet as they come!

Eating breakfast with their new babies, Bamboo & Slush!

The girls requested green eggs and their new cereal.  Which do you think they ate???? Yep the darn Lucky Charms.  Poor green eggs.  I did make them eat part of it since they asked for them.

Little fashionistas.  I totally forgot about the t-shirts so I made them really fast yesterday.  

Little Mille, she's so happy.  A day of green, could it get any better?  She loves green!!!!

Sweet Mac, my baby is getting so big.  I'll be sad when the day comes that she doesn't want to wear cute stuff like this for the holidays. 

Close up of the shamrock headband.  I made these last year for the girls, they wore them on their shirt.  It originally had a pin but I took that off and glued it to the headband. 

Here is the t-shirt, very last minute!!!  I went around the house looking for green and remembered I had a bandanna!  So I drew a shamrock and then just hand sewed it on. The belt is a tie that I found in the dollar section at Target last year.

I love holidays!!!  So fun, now I HAVE to start working on Mille's b-day!! Silly Celebration here I come!!!!!!!

Preparation for St Patrick's Day

It's that time of year again!  The girls have been so excited for the "L guys" to come to our house.  They started coming a couple of years ago when Mac was in 1st grade.  They always play pranks and even leave treats.  I will post another entry that shows what happened this morning!  Pam Dominik is Camille's teacher and she totally rocks!  They always do fun and creative things in her class (both of my girls and even my hubby have been BLESSED to have her as their teacher!!) and St. Patrick's day is one of the favorites! The little mischievous leprechauns trash the room and normally leave little messages.  I can't wait to hear what little Mille says about school today.

In preparation for the big day Pam asked me to make fun cupcakes for the kids.  I went ahead and made some for Mac's class too.  They turned out so cool!  They are rainbow cupcakes.  Although these guys weren't the easiest to make I think in the end they're worth every minute. 

Yummy cupcakes with some leprechaun gold on top. Yes that is 48 cupcakes, my house smelled so yummy!

Aren't those so fun?! 

I had to share these containers.  They are so fun and so helpful. Each holds 24 cupcakes with plenty of room for cupcake toppers. 

Little treats we made for our classmates. It's a stick of green Laffy Taffy with a little note on it.

close up of message

The girls made traps for the Leprechauns!  Mille put a real gold coin in hers! So cute!!

Close up of Mille's trap.  She made this 2 weeks ago.  The girls got together and came up with their own ideas, so precious!!!!

I love this photo!  Sweet little old man Griff.  Does he think there is a Leprechaun in there? This is Mac's trap, adorable!

Griffin guarding both traps.  The girls couldn't wait to see if they caught anything.

Happy St. Patty's day!!