I'm not really big into April fools day, but I do like to bombard John with a lot of lame jokes just to see if he'll fall for any of it. He didn't fall for anything yesterday, it's no wonder though, seeing as how all of my attempts were super lame:
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Mentioning that I didn't want to get rid of the baby stuff because I was seriously considering having a 3rd child
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Telling him I was planning to get breast reduction surgery this summer after Max is weaned because of my back problems
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Telling him (after he ate his lunch) that there may have been a booger in his salad
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Suggesting he get his MBA at BYU because they have a great program
But then, the perfect April Fools opportunity fell right into my lap. John came home from work and had stopped and picked up the mail. He handed me an envelope and said "I wonder what the Fraternal Order of Police are sending you" Well, I knew exactly what it was, but I saw my chance at a prank, so I took the envelope from him and said "Oh, I know what this is" in what I hoped would be a suspicious tone. I took it from him and changed the subject.
When the subject came around again about the letter, I started weaving a tale of a vague accident that occurred while John was in Nebraska last week. I couldn't control my urge to laugh, so I tried to play it off as embarrassed laughter. He was buying it, but I blew it. Just thinking about how well the prank was going turned my "embarrassed giggles" into full on uncontrolled belly laughs.
I gave up and told him that the letter was a donation form. Bummer. If I'd have known the form would arrive on April 1st, I would have prepared my story and it could have been a lot of fun!
