April 2: Fakin' and Eggs

True, April Fool's Day was yesterday. But, my wife and I missed the opportunity to trick the kids, so we decided that hours later wouldn't make much of a difference. We pranked them this morning! Before I get to the details of our prank, let me give you a little history first. We started the April Fool's jokes with the kids last year when we replaced the cheese-curl snacks in a couple of snack-pack sized Cheetos bags with carrot slices. We re-sealed the tops of the bags for authenticity and the kids never saw it coming until they reached in for the first bite. As a result of our little spoof, the kids were more on-guard this year. All day yesterday they kept bringing up last year's trickery and suggesting that we were once again plotting against them this year. Unfortunately, my wife and I were a little late in devising our 2010 plan, so we had to improvise. Thank goodness for Family Fun magazine! Their April edition offered up several mischievous recipes, and we agreed upon their Fakin' and Eggs - bite-sized eggs made of white chocolate with a yellow M&M yolk and a side of caramel and Tootsie Roll pressed together and stretched into strips. Of course, any successful April Fool's prank has to be set up appropriately. So, before serving "breakfast", we made sure to preach about the need to start the day with a good meal and how both kids needed to eat healthy this morning. Once again, we blindsided them! At first, neither of them knew how to react. They were certain it wasn't real eggs and bacon, but they weren't quite sure what exactly it was. After 30 seconds or so, we had to come clean and explain the ingredients so they would at least try it. My son said he thought it was Play-Doh. Anyway, my wife and I might as well enjoy this while the kids are young. As we know that one of these days, when the kids are a little bit older, it's all going to come back and bite us on the butt!