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april fools' day recipes and some silly family fun!

Posted by Laurie Moulton
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on Friday, 01 April 2011 in april fools' day

My silly boys LOVE April Fools' Day (shhh. . . don't tell anyone, but I love it too!). Time to have a very silly family fun night!  We started with a "what's wrong in this room" game.  I turned over pictures, switched the decorative pillows with more casual ones, turned items upside down . . . you get the picture.  The kids had fun figuring out the jokes!

The real fun began with the meal preparation.  I let the boys in on the secret, and they were thrilled to make a special meal for Daddy.  It started with "dessert" first:  an ice cream sundae that wasn't ice cream!

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"ice cream sundae" (the real recipe?  southwestern shepherds pie topped with a tomato)

Next we had a "dinner" of  "chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes."  The boys knew the real ingredients and  couldn't wait to eat it!

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"chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes and gravy"

(the real recipe? bananas covered in crumbs and a pudding dessert with caramel sauce)

Of course on April Fools' Day my boys participated in the more typical pranks.  (5 year old Stephen kept telling people that there were tarantulas on their shoulders, and 7 year old Drew wanted to put a "wrestle me" sign on his dad's back.)  But I think it was the family dinner that prompted my oldest son to say "this was the best April Fools' Day ever!"

The complete recipes can be found in my new book, Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners (Created by an Ordinary Mom), available on Amazon (both paperback and Kindle editions). Click on title below picture.

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Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners (Created by an Ordinary Mom)

And for more fun ideas and activities for your family (including fun April Fools Day ideas!), take a look at my book Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children (available on Amazon in both paperback book and Kindle versions). It includes ideas, activities and resources for 56 family fun night themes, including an April Fools Day theme!

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Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children:

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My name is Laurie, and I am the author of the Family Theme Night Blog and two books (Let the Adventure Begin: Theme nights for Families with Young Children, and Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners). I am also the mom of two boys, Drew (age 8) and Stephen (age 6). As a family, we have been doing family fun nights based around different themes since the boys were four and not quite two. I have put together lots of fun, easy and inexpensive ideas. We have enjoyed the adventure, and I want share these activities and resources with you!

More about me:

The boring stuff (my “credentials”):

I’m a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Nazareth College (NY) with degrees in elementary education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Before becoming a mom, I loved the challenge of teaching in the Rochester City School District.



The fun stuff:

• I love to travel (although I’ve traded European adventures for camping trips and amusement park visits).

• I consider swiss chocolate paired with a novel to be absolute bliss.

• I think hiking and geocaching with my family is a blast (until the boys get tired and cranky, but the first part of the hike is always fabulous!).

• My ideal getaway is a quaint bed and breakfast enjoyed with my wonderful husband.

• I actually love watching football and look forward to setting up my fantasy team every year (although it is a bit of a drag to be a Bills fan these days).

• I’m a huge Anne of Green Gables fan—I even convinced my husband to take me to PEI for our honeymoon!

• Besides planning and writing about our family theme nights, I enjoy teaching Sunday School and coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team.

• I love experimenting in the kitchen.

• I really do treasure every moment I spend with my family—especially our family fun nights!
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