My Own Private Joke
April 2, 2006
For all the parents out there who have had to fiend surprise at the (fake) cup of spilled coffee on the sofa, the plastic spiders on the floor, and toy snakes on the top of the bathroom door.
Who have endlessly looked down at the front of their shirts when one of their children asks, “What’s on your shirt?” only to be hit by a finger underneath the chin.
Who have heard knocking and gone to the front door to find no one standing there.
Who have had an elastic band put around the sprayer nozzle on the sink so that they get a refreshing morning face wash while attempting to make the morning coffee.
Who have had the sugar in the sugar bowl replaced with salt.
Who have endured a breathless, familiar, little voice on the other end of the phone asking if the refrigerator is running.
Who have withstood April Fools jokes on more than just April 1st.
This one’s for you.
This year the planets aligned, fate intervened, and God was on my side. Daylight savings time, usually the bane of my existence, fell on April Fools Day.
I changed all my clocks ahead Saturday evening before dinner. I meant to tell the kids when they were getting ready for bed an hour early and shout out “April Fools!” Honest, that was my plan.
But then I thought it would be WAY more funny if they actually went to bed an hour early. I realized that I didn’t need to disclose the prank to them in order to feel good about it.
As I sat on the couch after they all went upstairs I had a laugh all to myself. And it was good. I may have even said, “Who’s the fool now, suckha” while I ate some jelly beans right out of the bag.
But I’m not telling.
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Hey, good one. I think I may use that on other days, as well. Maybe any day that an extra hour is like gold.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:42 pmYou told all of us! Glad you had an extra hour of time to yourself.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:10 pmThat was awesome!
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:33 pmNow that is funny! (in a kind of mom’s only kind of way) hahaha!
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:44 pmI think if it were me, I’d have to tell the next day. That way you can enjoy the prank a little longer, lol. That’s a good one!
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:56 pm“Who’s the fool now, suckha” has tears rolling out of my eyes!
Hey, I have not heard of the sprayer nozzle thing. I will have to try that on my sister… ehehehe…
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 pmI look up to a woman who calls her kids suckha and is mature enough to torture them without rubbing it in their face. Nicely done.
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:42 pmLove. That! I’m so jealous I didn’t think of it.
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:32 amI am still marveling at the fact that they went for it!
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:39 amSimply spendid!
Ha! Ha! good for you!
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:06 amROTFL you’re a wicked mother but so so clever.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:31 amBrilliant!! That is just so amazingly simple yet effective. I wish I would have thought of it.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:19 amThat is hysterical! We had “fake” midnights on New Year’s Eve for several years, until the little stinkers got their own watches and learned to tell time.
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:50 amAwesome. Just awesome.
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:28 amAnd comments from an Army wife with three wild little boys: HOO-AH!
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:49 amYou are so smart! I didn’t remember Daylights Savings until Sunday morning and then we were running around late for everything.
April 3rd, 2006 at 10:35 amHaHaHa! Brilliant!
I can’t believe I didn’t think of that! Though I was rewarded by kids (and YES, even the baby!) sleeping an hour later in spite of daylight savings. Or would that make it two hours later? ::shrug::
April 3rd, 2006 at 10:38 amWe did the exact same thing! The shocker was that they fell for it-even the baby who was extra tired from missing a nap the day before.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:09 amGenius, Chris, pure genius.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:26 amBwahahahaahhahahahahahaaha! Good one! I’ll have to remember that one next year.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 amBeautiful! They fell for it, and YOU gained an hour to yourself. Ha! Stupid kids!
LOL.
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:20 pmGood one. I so thought you would to tell your husband you were preggers.
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:22 pmAwesome.
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:25 pmThat was a good one. I’ll have to remember that for the future, when my kids are a tiny bit older.
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pmSuch a clever Mama indeed! Now tell us, did they wake an hour earlier though?
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April 3rd, 2006 at 1:35 pmawesome!
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:00 pmi wish i’d thought of it!
I saw your blog mentioned in the BabyTalk magazine that I received today. The article was about Blogging Mamas. Since I’m a blogging mama as well I thought I’d come over and see yours.
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:49 pmSimply breathtaking. I’m doin’ it next year! Hehehehehe!
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:00 pmIf only we could do that *every* day….
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:19 pmDammit - why didn’t I think of that!!!
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:58 pmThat story made me HAPPY! Good one. Getting a little bit back.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:59 pmI’m so doing that next year before my 3-year-old learns to tell time!
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:16 pmOh, crack me up! Did you tell them this morning?
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:17 pm*snif, snif* That was your most moving post yet. Beau-ti-ful, I tell you.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:18 pmsuhweet.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:37 pmA stroke of pure genius! I once placed a rubber (very realistic looking) snake next to my friends’ mothers’ leg at a picnic, than moved it a little bit against her. She chased me for about a half mile.
April 3rd, 2006 at 7:19 pmDarn — why didn’t I think of that. Too funny!
April 3rd, 2006 at 9:15 pmBrilliant!!!
But why wait for April fool’s to do that…
Make it a weekly occurence, set all the clocks ahead every week, see how long it takes them to catch on, after they go to bed and are all sleeping, put them back to the right time…hahaha, yes I am evil:) I’d do it:) especially to sit and eat jellybeans by myself!
April 4th, 2006 at 12:28 amkim
Why, oh, why didn’t I think of that? I’ve decided you are my hero!
April 4th, 2006 at 12:47 amI bow to you and your brilliance.
April 4th, 2006 at 1:51 pmWickedly good! Loved it and will remember that for future reference.
April 4th, 2006 at 10:38 pm