Blowing & Drifting

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April Fools

I don't know why, but I really like April Fools' Day, and I wish that more people got into the spirit of a really good (that is, smart and not cruel) prank, like this one from National Public Radio about a plan to ban all but four ringtones in New York. (Be sure to listen to the interview and/or the ringtones themselves.)

Anyhow, I started the day off right by plotting with Julia to tell Shannon, who slept in, that she and I had eaten burritos and asparagus for breakfast. When Mama woke up, Julia executed the set-up perfectly, and then waited a professional-quality beat before yelling, "April fool!" At bath time, Julia got me by saying that no, we didn't have to wash her hair. When I looked quizzical, she said, "April fool, and we do have to wash the hair!" For her part, Shannon refused to prank the girlfriends she was meeting for coffee by telling them that she was pregnant. Wimp.

Mother Nature pranked Julia and I by enticing outside with a lull in the rain and wind, then hammering us with good gusts of near-frozen rain. Genevieve pranked everyone by appearing to be a chubby, lovable baby, but instead repeatedly turning into a ravenous, screaming hunger-monster. The ear-to-ear carrot made her rather cute, even as she roared.