April Fool's at the Nelson Household.

Nelson Headlines for Tuesday, April 1st

Head of the Household Has NO Funny Bone,

Mom Serves Dessert For Dinner

Which of these are true on this day of fools? BOTH OF THEM!

Let's go with the most acceptable and believable one first - Mom Serves Dessert For Dinner. This was to celebrate the first day of April in fashion.

You know, I think after doing this type of thing for a decade or so, I tire of it a little and think that the family does as well. Unfortunately, it is Brigam that suffers. How rude of me to think I could let this day go by without trying to trick Brigam with our annual April Fool's Day dinner. What finally brought me back to my sences was when I was hidding from him when he woke up this morning (I do that sometimes. I guess it's a weird little thing I do. Maybe I didn't get enough "hide and seek" action when I was younger) and he went into Tyler's bathroom - to find me????? Anyway, I overheard his conversation with Tyler. He wanted to know why mom didn't make the April Fool's Day Breakfast. OK, just for the record, I have NEVER made an April Fool's Day Breakfast. In honor of Dr. Suess' birthday one year I did try my hand at green eggs and ham, but because scrambled eggs should be yellow and not greeeeeeeeen - only the garbage had a hot, nutritous meal that morning. Anyway, I knew that my "day off" would be spent searching for just the right "Tom Foolery" for dinner.

Needless to day, Brigam was tickled with tonight's dining choices. For the main course we had CUPCAKES (ie - meatloaf covered in blue tinted mashed potatoes complete in muffin cups). Apparently Mykie remembered the Dr. Seuss B-Day Breakfast and promptly scraped off every ounce of blue potato.

Then we had MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY. Thanks to good old vanilla ice cream and the "magic shell" ice cream topping, it almost looked real. No one seemed to mind eating cold potatoes.

Just to make sure you know we love our greens, we had PEAS made from Jolly Rancher Chewy green apple candies. Jeremy and I took about an hour to create over 100 peas. It was worth it. For once EVERYONE finished their peas.

We washed it all down with PUNCH which was actually set Jell-o with a straw sticking out of it. The only one that utilized the straw was Jeremy. He said his tongue was hurting from all the sucking. Weird child.

Now I did throw in some dino shaped chicken. Who knew that chicken grew in dino shapes? That truly was an April Fool's joke on me!

Now on to HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HAS NO FUNNY BONE. Of course, we're talking about Mike. I had the perfect funny to play on him. Mike is going to be at a conference in Nevada in June. I called him and told him that he'd gotten a phone call at the house from a guy concerning the conference and he needed to call him back at this number 702-###-#### and ask for Mr. Lyon. After a reminder call, Mike called the number and immediately called me back. Conversation:

Mike: Do you have the caller ID number of the person that told you to call me?

Me: No.

Mike: Because it's an April Fool's joke. That number is to the NV Zoo.

Me: (laughing hysterically, because it is so funny) I know! That was me!

Mike: (still not getting it) So if you have the number they called from, I can call them and let them know I know about their little joke.

Me: (a little perturbed now because, let's face it, I AM FUNNY!) Mike, it was me. I called you and told you someone called the house. I know it was the zoo. You calling and asking for Mr. Lion at the Zoo. THAT is so funny. There was no one that called the house. It's my joke on you.

Mike: (small pause) Some of us have to work while we are at work.

See what I mean? No funny bone!

When he got home, the kids asked him what the zoo employee said when he called there. He said that the person that answered the phone spoke so quickly that he thought he heard her say "zoo" at the end of her greeting, but he wasn't sure so he said, "Where am I calling?" She said, "Oh, you must be looking for Mr. Lion or Mr. Bear. We've had a lot of those calls today." Now, that was funny!

I hope your April Fool's got you

a giggle or two. I know mine did!