WHAT APRIL FOOL’S JOKES WILL YOU PLAY ON YOUR FAMILY THIS WEEK?

Well, these are some winners from the past.

And here are some new ones:

I found this one:

Prank Call

Fake a phone call from school first thing in the morning, before anyone realizes it’s April 1. Pretend that you’ve just heard school is closed indefinitely, that everyone is supposed to wear a snorkel today for a special event, or that your child is wanted in the principal’s office first thing.

I’d actually say there was NO SCHOOL!!!! Blurry eyed in the dark and unaware it’s April Fools, this would go over HORRIBLY (WONDERFUL) in my house!
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Because that’s where I got this one….
OH and I’m SO doing it:

New Driving Age

What tween or teen younger than sixteen doesn't fantasize about being able to drive? Tell your older kid (twelve to fifteen) that the law has changed ("Haven't you been paying attention to this?"). Offer some facts and new rules to make it believable. When your kiddo asks for the keys to the minivan, drop the bomb: "April Fools!"

POOR CHILD…she’s counting the days (which is still months almost a year, and that’s what makes it awesome).

Oh, Oh, what about this one? Text your kids at school and tell them that you won a trip to Disney :) Hee Hee… make it believable by mentioning some sort of contest you’ve entered in the past by name, or a location… Don’t tell them the truth til they get home… Poor kids.

OH AND DON’T FORGET TO CHECK THIS SITE OUT…

YOU DON’T WANT TO GET FOOLED!!! IT’S A TWO WAY STREET YOU’RE ON!

HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY!

Back to School Anxiety: Bullying

Download “School Boy Being Stressed” by David Castillo Dominici via freedigitalphotos.net I recently wrote about how to help your child if they’re struggling with going back to school because they were bullied. My biggest most important tip was to listen, because I honestly could not write a ‘How-to-make-them-not-afraid’ column. Frankly I thought that was absurd. Fear is sometimes real. Anxiety is sometimes truly there, and for a good reason. Our job as parents isn’t to try to make it go away, it’s to try to find out the true source of those worrisome feelings. If you’d like to read more, click here. And if you’re child is struggling to find excitement about the new school year, don’t deny it, just accept it and move forward gently. Here’s some more on bullying: Family Matters Links: A Touching Story/Song Bullying: A thing of the past A Peace Poem By My Teenage Daughter A Deeper Insight into My Thoughts on People Who Bring Harm to Others Other Links: Stop Bul

Green Punch Buggy....!!!!

Green Punch Buggy...No Punch Back! As I was writing this blog post, my son came to me showing off his Lego creation. And don't you know I got hit at least five times since on my computer screen was displaying at least five different punch buggies, of five different colors thanks to Google Images. (Bad timing I'm thinking...) How can we possibly have world peace with these silly cars in the world!? ;) Don't the owners of these cute-but-obnoxious-cars understand that driving these things around town promotes violence!? ;) Anyhow.... The original purpose of this blog was to ask parents everywhere this question: Do you find yourself saying 'PUNCH BUGGY *BLANK-COLOR*! ' to yourself, even when the kids are not in the car??? I do! Isn't it funny how those games we used to play as a child are still around? I bet our parents say the same thing.... HAPPY FRIIIIIIDAAAAYYYY! P.S. I got hit at least ten more times, since as my son stood beside

Good Customer Service At Home

Over the years, my careers have mainly been customer service based. I started in a family business and then moved on up through the rungs from waitress, to hostess, to sales associate, manager and eventually the GM of a hotel. In all my years, my training taught me that you should always do your best to take your customer all the way to what they need, make them happy, and never leave them until they are done with you. I pride myself on my customer service abilities. Though the other day, I think I failed at customer service in my own home! I was getting ready to cut my daughter's hair and because of how long it had gotten (she's been growing it out for a year!) I felt this time it would be best if instead of me spritzing it with water, she could wash and condition it real quick. She was fully clothed so I just suggested she run into the bathroom and wash her hair in the tub. She’s fourteen. I suppose I just assumed that she knew how to kneel over the tub and do it.

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