April Fools Day was a few weeks ago and I played a joke on my friends on facebook. I told everyone that we were moving to Detroit because of Robert's job with Detroit Desiel. Most people figured it out and knew that we were not moving, but there were a few who I got. One in particular was a gentleman from our ward who thought it was real and even questioned my parents about it. The funny thing was that I didn't tell my parents about the joke, so they were kinda upset that I had posted it on Facebook and didn't tell them we were moving. Needless to say, there was a lot of explaining to do.
Well, on April Fools Day, the kids played some pretty funny ones on us! Kiersten drew all over the pictures on the wall with what she said was perminant ink. Thank goodness it was actually expo marker. Emalee was sick the day before, so when Dad got home she sat in the chair with the puke bucket and a little bit of overcooked ramen noodles, food coloring and bits of other "stuff" in it. When Dad walked in the door and asked how she was doing, she told him she had thrown up and was still sick. He was totally grossed out with the ramen noodle concoction. They then yelled April Fools!
During bedtime prayers that night Emalee prayed " please bless mom and dad, Ryan and Kiersten Emalee and Donnovan and please bless that we will die in a firey pit- APRIL FOOLS" Needless to say, it kinda ruined the whole point of being reverent when we are all laughing during her prayer. I just hope Heavenly Father has a sense of humor.
A few days later while tucking Donnovan into bed, he looks up at me and says "Mom, sometimes you're beautiful and some times you're not. Right now you're not." Wow what a confidence booster he is! I still said thank you, kissed him and left the room to laugh in private.
All these funny things with my two little ones reminded me of some of the funny things my older two said while they were young.
When Ryan was 4 he crawled into bed one morning and I asked him if he had good dreams last night. He said yes, so I asked him what were they about. In his 4 year old voice he told me serviously "Oh Mom I can't tell you." I said why not and he turned to me and said " because I dream is a wish your heart makes."
A few weeks later on a day when I was having a really hard time he asked me what was wrong. I told him I was just sad and that I was worried about my job. From the back seat he said "Mom,
Hakuna Matata." There was not much in this world that would have made me smile at that time, but that made me giggle. I needed that and he knew!
A few years ago we were watching TV where someone had won a million dollars. I turned to the kids and asked what they would do with a million dollars. Kiersten said in a dreamy voice " I would buy food that wasn't on sale!!" Whenever we go to the store and the kids would ask for something, I would say no because it wasn't on sale. After this I would splurge once in a while and actually buy something that wasn't on sale just to remind my kids that you don't have to be rich to have the good stuff.
