It's been a very long time since I pulled an April Fool's prank. The only successful one to my recollection was when I told my fourth grade teacher she'd dribbled ice cream on her shirt at lunch and then did the "tweaked nose gag" when she looked down.
I have been slack in introducing David to the big holidays. I forgot about Valentines, St Patrick's Day, and Easter until they were right upon us. I forgot those, why would I remember April Fools Day? And yet, by happenstance, David pulled a fantastic prank on us.
I got out of bed late this morning and scurried to grab a quick shower before Nathan left for work, but the water was taking forever to warm up. I mean FOREVER. I was totally baffled and mentioned it to Nathan. He twiddled with the fixtures a bit and was just as baffled, especially after trying the bathroom sink and also getting cold water when it was turned all the way to hot. What could be wrong, we wondered? We had hot water last night.... I was about to suck it in and take a cold shower, and then I remembered... David was playing in the garage yesterday and must have tampered with the thermostat on the hot water heater. A trip down there confirmed my suspicions. The temp was turned way lower than "vacation." I could have run that shower for hours and it would never have gotten any hotter. I didn't have time to wait an hour for the water to heat up again, so I just decided to skip the shower.
David 1: Mom 0. Thanks, Son.
2 comments:
That's really funny! What a little Mr. Mischief (Annie is Mrs. Mischief...) I just saw your comment about Marianne Dashwood. That's funny! You wild thing haha!
David amazes me. He is super smart and acrobatic to boot, but he has not yet developed good judgement for when to apply those skills. A very maddening combination from the mommy perspective. He can and does get into everything. Put stuff up high, he climbs up to it. Put stuff behind child-proofed doors, he defeats it. As Preston noted, David's too smart for his own good!
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