April Fools Day

Last Thursday about an hour before seth came home from school i realized it was April 1st,  and thought to myself "holy crap it's april fools day!".    i had two gullable boys primed and ready to be my fools and absolutely nothing planned.   So i called my friend Diana and this is what we came up with-

our faux dinner

the mashed potatoes and gravy were actually vanilla icecream, caramel, and a lemon starburst for a pat of butter.  the fish sticks were just vanilla wafers covered in peanut butter and crushed cereal.  the peas and carrots were candy i found in monroe. and the ketchup (not pictured) to go with the fish sticks was seedless strawberry jelly.  Had it not been for the potatoes melting from the "hot gravy" my boys would have been none the wiser.  We found these on a Disney family fun website- just one more reason to love Disney!

this was my faux"dessert"

Cupcakes made from meatloaf with mash potato frosting. They are a bit on the ugly side, it was a really bad back day.  These were awesome.  Shockingly my boys didn't even know they were fake while they were unwrapping them for their first bite.  Words cannot do justice in explaining seth's reaction- i am still giggling inside.  He was so excited to have a dessert dinner and then to get dessert afterward as well! what could be better!  As he sinks his teeth into what looks like a delicious strawberry frosted chocolate cupcake, the flavor of meat, potatoes, and onions envelopes his mouth...  lol.. he spit it out so fast and exclaimed "mom! there's something wrong with this cupcake! what did you do!".  He didn't even realize that it was meatloaf (one of his favorite meals).  i was laughing so hard i could feel the pain in my back pulse- but i didn't care... this was priceless!  I love April fool's day and i am so blessed to have such great guys to make my life complete.

the fastest dinner he has ever eaten!

my sweet hubby- finally getting to the meat of the dinner

Seth enjoyed the dinner so much that he requested a faux breakfast.  Here is another great Disney idea.  Eggs sunny side up on toast? nope.. toasted pound cake, with vanilla yogurt and an apricot half on top.  lol.. i loved his one and so did seth!