April Foolishness

King for a day. Cole got this birthday crown at school.
His party started with the kids coming to our house on the school bus. Wes was home early and had a treasure hunt all lined up.

They're searching for clues.

Joanie helps keep things under control. I have to say here that these birthday parties would not be possible without Joanie's help. She helped keep the kids in line, serve cake and dinner, and clean up. It was a wild scene, so it was great to have her here.

The treasure hunt ended with this wooden treasure box filled with party favor bags. Inside each party favor bag was a little April Fool's gag gift such as stinky perfume, fake spilled nail polish, a plastic "ice cube" with a bug inside it, or soap that makes you more dirty instead of clean. The kids could go home and prank their families.

Then they used their bags to fill with pinata candy.

You gotta hand it to Spongebob. He just keeps smiling through the whole thing.

Then it was time to wash up for dinner, at which point the kids discovered this (fake) poop on the toilet seat. Yes, I have sunk to new lows of 6-year-old humor, but what can I say? Screams of delighted disgust rang through the house.

Since it was April Fool's Day, we decided to have cake before dinner. Or is this really cake? On April Fool's Day you never know....

Cole blows out his candle.

The kids are disgusted to find that the cake is really meatloaf with mashed potato frosting, Cole's favorite meal.

Heather started crying and was inconsolable for the rest of the night.

Fintan didn't like the mashed potato cake either, but at least he was good humored about it.

This was the real cake, chocolate with buttercream frosting. The real thing. But there's something hidden under the cake pedistal...

...a remote control fart machine. When Cole blew out the candles, the cake mysteriously started farting. Yup, all time new lows for me.

But it was fun and Cole loved it so it was all worth it.

Playtime.

We were so happy to have Grammie here for Cole's birthday and for Grandparent's Day at school the other day.

Wayne made Cole this Monster House pillow all by himself. Stuffed and sewed.

Whew. No birthdays around here for a while. Thank goodness.