So, despite her docile surface, Mom was always the most crafty of us all. Her craftiness was primarily funneled into a single day, April Fool's Day. She seemed to slam us every year. One year she had us get up before the crack of dawn scanning the horizon on our rickety porch for a re-entering space shuttle. Dad put his foot down after eating a sandwich with a slice of cheese complete with wrapper (this only allowed her to exert further efforts toward duping her children). We occasionally retaliated, but after raising us all it was difficult to pull the wool over her eyes.
Once, after my mission, Mom invited me to share some experiences with her quilting group. The food was excellent, deviled eggs and the kind of spinach dip that everyone seems to think they're having for the first time every time they eat it. Looking for a quick exit, I divert the group's attention with a classic, "But have you seen that over there?" and made off with two handfuls of deviled eggs. Mom of course didn't buy it for a moment, never turned her eyes and just started laughing.
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WOW!!! is this the same person who lives with me?? one time on april 1st i was trying to do that faucet spray trick and i couldn't figure it out...so i asked mom how do you do this. she told me and then she realized that i was really gonna do it!! she was flipping out and saying DON'T DO THAT!! she later left so i took advantage of the time i had and i did it. that evening she turned on the sink and the hose sprayed all over her, she was thinking what just happened?-where did that come from?? and then she turns it on again!! i came home from my friends house...she was drenched and she wasn't to happy but she laughs today!! haha! is that the same person?
ahhh, mom was all knowing on april 1st. we didn't even get her with that tarantula prank. ahh, well, we learned well.
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