Fooled You! One Day Early!

Ha Ha!

What's the best way to pull off an April Fool's gag? Do it the last day of March!

Okay, actually, I'm not sure I fooled anyone. Whenever the children are shooed out of the kitchen they know something's up. And obviously some of them remembered our first annual April Fool's Dinner, last year.

This year it was cake for dinner:

It's a two-layer meatloaf baked in round pans, frosted with fat-free refried beans and decorated with colored shredded parmesan sprinkles and piped spring green sour cream.

I will say that the bean frosting and hot 'cakes' were pretty slippery, it started sliding before I served it and was slid into quite a mess by the end of the cutting and serving. But the children all agreed it tasted good, there was less complaining from the potato haters than last year's mashed potato frosting.

And you know it's a special day when you get dessert around here:

The giant hot dog cake is courtesy of Family Fun's April Fool's Pranks ... as were the fake fries. I did not use the cake's fries because I couldn't find a pound cake, and used a purchase strawberry jelly roll cake as the bun, instead.

And, although they're not pictured, there were vegetables served with dinner. No, really.

Giving credit where credit is due, I never would've thought of this had not Katie introduced me to the idea last year. Maybe since this is my 2nd year I could take credit myself, but really, I thought of Katie the whole time. Thanks again, Katie. You sure are fun! And from you I'm learning that even I can afford to be fun once a year.

And by blogging it tonight, I've left you time for a late-night-run to the grocery store, so you, too, can prank your children! Quick, get them tucked in and make your plans!