It's April 1st....the traditional day for jokes and pranks. In our house, we have another silly "family tradition" but it's on the 1st day of every month. More about that later....
Miss Hannah is probably our biggest prankster, but she usually brainstorms stuff at the last minute. This morning, she was eating breakfast about 6:45 and she was trying to think of a way to trick her friends at school. "Can I run out to the car and get....." She trailed off. "Do you have a bandage so I can wrap up my arm?" We told her it was too late, because the bus comes at 7:00 and she should have thought of something last night. But she doesn't give up! We hear the bus coming and she runs into the laundry room and 30 seconds later she exits with a sling on her arm. "Can I borrow this, mom?" I laugh. Yes, Hannah! So she races toward the front door, grinning broadly, to catch the bus. I already know she is going to have a fun time today telling some story she has concocted in her writer's brain...but I am looking forward to hearing all about it when she gets home today! I can hear her now, shouting...April Fools...to her friends. I am grinning here thinking of it.
Now more about the other "tradition" that somehow got started in our family on the 1st of every month. We have been doing this for years and I can't for the life of me remember how it got started. I am sure it must have been passed on by one of our friends or another family member. And this morning, I just thought to search it on the net to see if any other crazy people do the same thing. Yes, they do!! So what is it, you ask???? When we wake on the 1st day of each month, each family member tries to be the first person to shout out "White Rabbit" to everyone else...before they say it to you! What???? Yes, that's it...and we have been doing it for years and years. MaryAlyce expanded it a bit when she was younger by trying to "best" everyone by adding "Pink Rabbit" to the expression...."White Rabbit, Pink Rabbit!" It's the silliest thing, but fun, and we always end up laughing about it. In a family this size, you can imagine we have a lot of shouting going on each morning on the 1st!
Family traditions are a good thing!! Hope you have a great April 1st!
1 comment:
Aw yes ...but wait until the day you find a pink rabbit sitting on top of you early one first of the month morning. Hey ... and don'tforget to pick up the lil pile of raisens it brings with it. b
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