It’s ‘Storytelling Sunday’ over at ‘From High In The Sky’ & once again I’m at home recuperating, so I’m able to join in!! Do pop over & check out some of the others stories on offer too, I know you won’t be disappointed!!
My story is one you may recognise if you’ve been visiting my blog since the beginning, but it’s a story that both my boys refer to on a regular basis, so I think I’ll share it again!!
We have a number of ‘House Rules’ in our family, including the rule that when the boys have a pack of Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles, they save all of the black ones for Dad. It’s just one of those things that has always been & both boys have always, without question, dutifully put aside the sweets for Dad, for when he gets home!
Considering that they were quite small at the time, the boys took it all in good spirits & could not work out how this could possibly happen…how could every sweet in both packs be black??!!! It was just so funny to see the disbelief on their faces & listen to them trying to rationalise it all!!
We didn’t let them suffer for long & owned up to being wicked parents…& as it was now past midday, the laugh was on us & they got to keep all the sweets anyway…well except for maybe just one or two!!
As I said earlier, it’s a tale that’s reminisced every time one or other chooses a pack of Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles…”Hey Mum, do you remember when you & Dad….”
I do hope you came unscathed through April Fools Day morning! I’m still sleeping for England & didn’t get up until 10.45am, so that minimised the risk for me today!!
Thanks for stopping by & do come back soon!
14 comments:
Great story,Sandi....a perfect April Fool.
Hehe! What a perfect April Fool - not too cruel, but funny and nice enough for everyone to remember with a smile! ..and I do like the sound of that rule - I might have to instigate that one here becasue black fruit pastilles are one of my very favourite sweets.
Thanks for joining in today - hope your recovery is continuing (sounds like it is with those well deserved lie-ins!)
A lovely family memory! Now you've got me thinking about black fruit pastilles ... mmmm
Oh you wicked Mum!
Oh that is a fun trick and perfect as Sian says as no one was hurt :) Interesting rule too - here everyone would happily give your dh the blackcurrent ones as no one likes 'em!
Great joke to play!
That's a fun story!
oh wow! That is great! Such a cunning idea and I can really imagine them trying to reason it out!
Lol ... That is such a good prank. How on earth did you keep a straight face.
Ya'll were very fun parents and created a wonderful memory for the boys obviously :) Are no tricks allowed after noon there? Here it's wide open until midnight!
Love this! What sneaky parents you are ...
What a fun prank! While we don't have that rule in our house I do get all the black sweets as no one else likes them!
that was a great April Fool's trick, I didn't realise there were blackcurrant only packs!
What a fab April Fool's joke to play! I didn't even know you could get all black packets of Fruit Pastilles!
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