April Fool's Day Perfection

I wanted to share with you the funniest April Fool's Joke I've experienced in some time. The best part of it, is that it was well executed (by a 6 yr-old) and was harmless fun.

My kids are in a city run soccer program (See previous post). My sister's kids are in the same program. As it is a city run league, the cost is rather minimal ($20 per kid). I like this. It, however, then does not provide treats for the kids after the games. So, we as parents take turns bringing juice bags and snacks for the team after each game. Today being April Fool's Day offered an opportunity my sister's son D jumped on.

The game was over, his team had won, but that wasn't why D was so excited. He ran back to his mom and asked, "Is it all ready?".

She smiled and handed him the two bags. He then stood and called out to his teammates "We have the snacks here!". The other children ran over expecting to be handed their snack but D said "No, I want to wait until everyone is here." So the children crowded around him.

Then he opened up the snack bag and handed to each child waiting with hands out a potato. That's right a potato. The kids stood there and looked confused at the unlikely snack. Several children got excited and ran back to their parents exclaiming their joy at the snack. D kept a straight face through it all. Until every child had received his/her potato.

Then he shouted out, "APRIL FOOLS!" and starting laughing hysterically. The bewildered children (for the most part) laughed along and happily returned their potatoes for a bag of cheetos and a juice bag. A couple kids desperately wanted to keep the potatoes and so they had their hands over flowing as they headed off with their parents.

Isn't that sweet? While the initial idea to do something funny was not his, my nephew pulled it off like a pro! I am so proud!

Happy April Fool's Day!

I hope your day is filled with laughter.