April Fool's Food Fun!!!

So the kids are finally old enough to understand a joke, so I decided to have a little fun with them last night for dinner!  We had meatloaf "cupcakes" with mashed potato "icing."  Then I put cherry jello in their cups for a drink (so it was solid when they tried to drink) and I finished the meal off with dirt cake!  It was so fun and was definitely a night I think we'll all remember for a really long time!!  It was surprisingly tasty too!  I was really sneaky because I had made and cleaned up everything while they were at school. I even lit a candle that smelled like cake as soon as we got home so they wouldn't be able to smell the meat cooking.  I'm such a trickster! LOL!  Anyway, here are some pictures of the evening... hope you enjoy!

Here are the "cupcakes"  before they're cooked.  I kind of just made up the recipe here.

After I cooked them for 15 minutes I added the "icing" mashed potatoes to reheat them.  I piped it on for an added touch, and I even used white pepper so they couldn't see the seasoning. LOL!

You can't have a cupcake with out a "cherry" (grape tomato) on top!

Here are the kids trying to "drink" the jello juice.  These crack me up!!!  Totally priceless!

"Mama, my straw is broken.  It not working."  Chloe was NOT a fan of the jokes and didn't understand why her cupcake tasted like mashed potatoes... "Mama, I don't WANT potatoes on my cupcake."  I laughed so hard all through dinner my sides hurt.

Colby thought it was the BEST dinner ever!  He's the little prankster in our house and he just kept saying, "Mom, I can't believe you got me!" LOL!

Then it was time for dessert!!!  YUM!

So cute!  (If I do say so myself)  I had put them in the outside refridgerator so they wouldn't see them.  They all got a little concerned when I said I had to go "dig up" dessert outside!  Ha!

Can I eat this???

Even Daddy enjoyed the surprise! LOL!

I think this will definitely be a new tradition in our house.  My brain is already thinking of ideas for next year.