Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Happy April Fools Day!

After being inspired by a couple of friends (thanks Tina and Shelly) who were going to "get" their kids for April Fools Day, I decided I'd get in on the action too! I told them that we'd have dessert for dinner...and then dinner for dessert! They were very excited with this idea and were only too happy to sit down for the first course.
Of course what they believed to be a fresh cupcake with blue frosting (Collin's favorite) was in actuality meatloaf with tinted mashed potatoes on top. Even knowing that everything would taste the same, it was a little challenging to "dig in".They were also very excited when they believed they were going to be treated to Mt. Dew as their dinner beverage...come on kids, Mt. Dew...for dinner?! Try lemon jello!

When they discovered that it indeed was not a delicious homemade cupcake...well, I think the pictures pretty much sum things up!
In the end they did eat their dinner and were later rewarded with dessert...but remember my original plan...dinner would be dessert. So I decorated cupcakes to look a little like an old T.V. Dinner, complete with chicken drumstick, mashed potatoes with butter and gravy, and of course good old peas and carrots. Happy April Fools Day!