Triple Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday to Jonah, Mason and Jessica. It always feels like a second Christmas to have all three birthdays on one day. Jessica took treats to both of her pre-schools, she goes with her cousin one day a week in Riverton. The boys had a fun day at their school. No treats for the boys class, this school asks that treats are not brought in for their birthdays. I rather like that rule, it saves me time and $$. They did however get to be student of the day. They made a poster of themselves with pictures and some of their favorite things. When they came home from school we opened presents. We had prepped the boys that it would be a simple birthday and their big gift would be swimsuits. They all opened their few presents. Jessica's big gift was scooter, she loved it. The boys tried to be excited about their swimsuits and new bike helmets but we could see they were a little disappointed that Jess got a fun summer toy and they didn't. We then got serious and told the kids they needed to clean up the boxes and wrapping paper in our downstairs bedroom. The were very obedient even though the look on their faces were shocked that we were making them clean immediately after opening presents. As they cleaned I asked them to fold some blankets that were laying in the room. When they lifted the blankets they found their new mountain bikes. They were sooooo excited. We went out side where all the kids could ride and play with their new toys. That night we ordered pizza and had grasshopper brownies for their birthday cake. (The brownies are a new favorite of ours.) The girls went to a movie while the boys went to the Jazz game, so fun!!

Opening presents


Birthday Brownies


Jessica's new scooter.


Jessica's new birthday nails and new bracelet.


These are the cupcakes Jess took to pre-school for a birthday treat.

April Fools!!!

Since I have not been feeling well, I didn't have the energy to come up with creative April fools jokes like last year (toothpaste for the cream in the oreos, sewing my kids clothes closed etc).

The best thing I could come up with was to tell the kids that we sold the house. In the morning on the way to school I told the kids we had received a call late last night. Someone wanted to buy our house and we said yes, but we had to me moved out in 2 weeks. The kids had all different kind of reactions. Jonah in his emotional voice said, "Mom I just don't want to be the kid who has to change schools in the middle of the year." I assured him he wouldn't. I was worried if it was too traumatic of a joke the kids would be crying at school.

When Jeff came home from work he asked the kids how they felt about moving in two weeks. Ellie was excited, Jessica was indifferent, Jonah was leary and Mason kept saying, "I wish this was just an April fools joke." Jeff proceeded to tell the kids we found a house in Draper far away from their school and we wouldn't be able to commute to school and also the new neighborhood we would live in didn't allow dogs.

I couldn't keep a straight face. The kids were becoming more distraught, I place my head in my hands to hide my laughter. Jeff was good not to draw it out to long and he told them April Fools.
The kids that he was just joking about the school and dog thing so they asked when we needed to start packing. They were all quite relieved when they found out the house has not sold yet.

Now they will have to tell all their friends at school today that they are not moving (yet) and their parents just played a great April Fools joke on them.