April Fools'

While Ben was at the Priesthood Session on Saturday night, Henry and Ellis cooked up some good pranks to pull on Ben:

Cream cheese on the soap

Cocoa powder on his wash cloth for the shower

Switched his favorite card deck for Uno cards!

They also put spiky toys in his slippers and scratchy Velcro in his underwear!

Ellis was so excited when he woke up in the morning that he crawled into bed with Ben first thing and said, "We made some funny April Fools' jokes for you!" Ben tried to get Ellis to keep the details to himself, but there was really no point . . . because a few minutes later, Henry came in carrying Ben's slippers. "Dad, don't you want to put on your slippers?" Then for the rest of the morning, both boys kept asking, "So, aren't you about ready to take your shower?" "Dad, didn't you want to try any magic tricks with your cards?"

I guess next time I should prep them a little better about how to keep a secret. Still, Ben put on a good show, and they thought their clever little tricks were pretty awesome!