Happy April Fools day! Well, the boys FINALLY did the old twin switcheroo today! At long last. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Apparently, they were kinda talked into it by their friends and their assistant teachers. The assistant teachers even went and got approval from the principal of the school- you know how much they hate getting in any kind of trouble! At lunch, the two of them switched shirts (clever, huh?) and switched classes. I think their teachers figured it out right away, but they did play along for a little while anyway. The boys had a great time with it. All the kids in the classes knew about it and loved the joke. The principal told them that they were going to be in the school paper this month with it. According to Patrick, it was all Tara’s idea so she should be in the paper too! Jack said he totally took it easy in Patrick’s class, and Patrick said he had to do soooooo much work in Jack’s class. If nothing else, it’s great that they got to see things from the other side for a little bit.

I think next year, I’m going to send them to the other’s class first thing in the morning on April fools day. Of course, they’ll make me get some kind of written approval from the principal so they have no chance of getting in trouble.

Meanwhile, they got in big trouble tonight for torturing Timmy.

Our town’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade was this past Saturday. It was as late in March as I think it ever has been. It’s usually held the Saturday immediately following St. Patrick’s Day, but with Easter coming so early this year it kinda threw off the schedule.

Anyway, we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa’s for our $500,000 sky box parade viewing seats. Timmy lost interest pretty early on (Daddy in his firetruck, Grandpa Jack, Uncle Joe & Aunt Gail in the bagpipe band, and the horses all passed in the beginning of the parade) and went inside for some TV time with Hakka (aka Grandpa Ken). The big boys watched for a pretty long time, lost interest after seeing most of their friends in the parade, went inside for some TV, but made a second appearance once I told them Jack’s teacher from 2nd grade was there with her baby. So they stuck it out til the end so we could see and cheer for "Uncle Jerry". He’s like Santa at the end of the Thanksgiving parade- closing out the parade with style. Maybe some hope that spring is actually coming yet! See the buds on the tree? Woohoo!

John rode in his firetruck. Do you remember the whole fiasco about him and his (f******) newspaper that he HAD TO HAVE everyday after back surgery? You know, the one he was going to walk 10 blocks round trip every morning to go and get after having a hole drilled in his spine? The same paper that he cannot LIVE without every day? Well…check this out. So totally busted!