Friday Funnies

FOOLS RUSH IN: April 1: For whatever reason* (*we will research it later, promise), it's a day of trickery and playing jokes.

Christian and I worked late last night to get a jump start on the 'holiday.' As a family, we'd gone to Lowe's to buy seeds yesterday. Last night, we added a pack of "Doughnut Seeds" into the mix. A graphic was affixed to an envelope filled with Cheerios. The kids loved it.

Perhaps the best April Fool's Day example of hitting them where they live was taping a troll face over the infrared part of their computers' mouse. They were flummoxed by their mouses (mice?) not working, but once they flipped them over, they knew they'd been trolled. 

 Annabelle woke up to a spilled bottle of nail polish on her laptop. She also realized she needed to dust her keyboard/screen. Ick.

And then there was this little surprise waiting for Christian in our mailbox today. (Yes, we made sure the mail person had already been by before planting this scare.)

CLOWNING AROUND: This morning, after planting a half dozen additions to our massive rock wall/garden, we cleaned up and headed downtown for a special occasion - a celebration of JP Patches' birthday.

Anyone who knows me knows I am like SUPER DUPER terrified of clowns. (And rightfully so. They are horrifying.) However, there is one and ONLY one exception: JP Patches. Actor Chris Weddes created the character and it played out on a local Seattle station for 23 years. (1958-1981). JP was a good clown. A rare breed. :)

JP Patches' birthday is on April 1, and to celebrate, there was a party at the flagship Top Pot Doughnuts store on Fifth Avenue from 10 to 1 today. We headed out shortly after 10.

Fortunately, we weren't able to park on Fifth, and so we wound our way around a block or two and accidentally/fortuitously parked next to the construction site of Amazon's Biodome! It was so interesting listening to and watching the welding on this one-of-a-kind structure.

We walked our way to the JP celebration. The kids each participated in a JP Patches trivia contest and won themselves mugs. They took a moment to pose with a cardboard JP and then collected complimentary Top Pot doughnuts. 

 All in all, a darn fine ten minutes, I'd say!

 Mmmm, doughnuts! :)