Joke's On Meee!!

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emscraps

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Happy April Fool's Day!!

I'm not much of a tricker, I'm usually the one to get tricked, so tell me.....

What are some good tricks for the kids. I've got about 5 hours to plan something before they get home...LOL.
 
I was hoping for a few ideas as well - ugh they'll be here in 20 min and I have yet to plan anything - LOSER MOM!
 
Oh my, if you have a Pinterest... Go type in April Fools Pranks, and you will get a TON of great ideas!
Let us know if you do any :)
 
How did it go, Em? Did you trick them?
I don't do April Fools jokes...I'm so gullible and I don't like being tricked, so I don't do it to others :)
 
I wanted to do something, but I just couldn't come up with anything! I should've thought to look on Pinterest?

Did you pull something off Em or Trina???
 
Yeah I didn't even THINK to look on pinterest. I didn't really do anything, my daughter ended up having girl scouts after school (I sort of forgot about it! OOPS), my son did his homework, then we all went to pick her up from GS and my 3 year old had a major meltdown and then it was supper, and my again awesome 3 yo I'm pretty sure dumped extra baking powder in my biscuits I was making (when I went to get the "baby" from his nap). So then I dumped that batch out and started again and then managed to spill the milk & egg I was blending together all over the cupboard. It was a rough afternoon/evening!

I did catch my oldest son when I set the timer for time to go pick up my daughter, he's like "whats that for?" I said, "we have to go! you have an appointment to get shots!" and he freaked, and I laughed and said "April Fools!" So that's it for my joking - and it was sort of a spur of the moment thing. I'm so bummed I didn't do anything more fun...
 
LOL Trina! hehe

My boys had presentations at their para-school that they were really stressed about, so I didn't have the heart to do anything.
 
LOL, too cute, Trina!

My daughter stayed home from school with her asthmatic coughing...and today, too
She needs to get better quick, we have a 5k to run on Saturday!!

Joey, my youngest, tried to prank Jordan, my oldest. So cute, he put tape all over his bed. When Jordan came home, Joey said, "Do you want to sit on your bed? I bet it will feel good!!" So silly, Joey was rolling on the floor! He thought he was the funniest boy ever!! He's so cute and innocent! I hope he stays like that for a long, long time!

The only thing I did was trick Jordan by telling him he got 2 C's on his progress report, but he has straight A's.
Soooo not-so-creative!! LOL.... What a dork!

Needless to say, I didn't do much, I'll have to check Pinterest for next year and plan ahead!
 
LOL! Em, your family sounds so sweet :)
Good luck with your 5k! Have you always been a runner?
 
Noooo, not at all!! We do go on family hikes (many of my layouts have Coyote Hills in them, LOL) with some jogging mixed in....I'm the one who always gets left behind! By the time I get to the top, they have already rested about 5 minutes and ready to go, ha!

I was worried that Jordan might have a track meet that day and not run with us....which led me to worry about Joey.
I want Joey to get his best time possible---he is so quick!! But who would keep up with him?! Certainly NOT me!!

But good news, Jordan's meet is on Friday, he's running with us on Saturday!! Heintje (hubs) will also be able to join us since he won't be at the meet. He can keep up with Joey. Joey can run a 7.28 minute/mile. Me---15min/mile, hahahaha!!
 
Wow! We are such couch (computer) potatoes! I would pass out after 5 minutes ;)
 
That's awesome Em! I'm always happy when I can do 10 min mile, but lately its been more like 12-13! I would love tricks and tips to get faster, but probably just running more HA!
 
I think that's the trick, Trina.... Just keep running, just keep running.... Lol...
I think I'm getting a bit faster. I hope to beat my time last year at 45 minutes.
 
LOL! Thanks ladies! The last 5K I ran was 33-34 (this was off trail, think dirt and sand and lots of hills - I was awful! LOL). I ran a different 5K a few weeks earlier than that (these were both last august) and I did that one in just under 31, it was fun! But I'm so competitive that it makes me cranky that I'm not better at it, and then I want to give up. These crazy people who can run 7-8 min miles STINK! ugh! LOL! Suzanne needs to get in this thread, I know she's a runner too!

And Em I see you've done some of the dirty girl or tough mudder races, those look like so much fun to me, I might have to sign up!!
 
Wow, Trina!! You totally ROCK!! I can only dream of a 30min run. And you did it on a trail, wow--the 34min!! WOW!!

Yes, we did the Dirty Girl run, it was fun, more like walk, LOL. There were a bunch of us and we just took our time, the group after us caught up, LOL!! It wasn't super hard, the obstacles were fun and easy. I was talking with my cousin who did the tough mudder and OMGoodness!! They literally went up a mountain, the kind they need ski lifts for!! WOW!! Jumping in ice cold {{MUDDY}} water, climbing up super high walls, doing stuff like the monkey bars that are wet and muddy with pools of more mud beneath you! I could never do that. And I can't remember if it was a full marathon or half? But it wasn't 5k!!! lol.
 
Home from the 5k!!

Yay, beat my time from last year! Finished at 43 compared to 45 minutes last year.
jordan @ 27
joey @ 28
jasmin @ 34
heintje @ 31
 
WTG Em!! Yeah, I don't think I could do anywhere near that right now, I ran a lot last winter/summer before then. Now I'm lucky if I get 1.5-2 miles in a week! ha! I need to get better at setting up a schedule!

That Dirty Girl one sounds super fun!!
 
That is awesome, Em!! Way to go!!

My hubby is a big time runner...he ran collegiality. He still loves doing it and tries to encourage me to get into it, too. But, I won't be convinced! I am so not a runner. My kids love to do it though and he is loving motivating them and getting them going. He is so excited to do some fun runs with them this summer. They are 10 & 8.

I will be content to stand on the sidelines and cheer and snap pictures!! I am super impressed with your all of your running, ladies! That is seriously impressive!!
 
That's awesome, Dana! That is why I started running, my kids are fast, I need to catch up to them, although don't think that would ever happen, lol. Not to mention I wanted to lose weight before Hawaii!! Lol...
 
Wow! That is impressive!! My oldest who will be 9 in May likes to run with me, I started to run thinking I could keep up with the older 2 who were learning to ride bike, but now I cant keep up, I need to run FASTER! LOL! My daughter who I thought would be a better runner than my son, is struggling keeping up! Which is funny because in preschool the teacher would have an endurance challenge, let all the kids run in the gym until they couldn't run anymore, and she would often run the longest! She's pretty competitive, so we'll see, it might come!
 
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