smell mop who

At the beginning of the summer, I took the kids to a magic store. There were all kinds of awesome toys and pranks, but we came out with one item: a piece of poop. I was originally against spending $5 on plastic poop, but when the boys suggested we set it out to prank Daddy, I was all in. That night we cleaned up the house spotless and put the poop right in the middle of the floor and waited patiently for Aaron to come home from work. We were in the other room with the video camera. But when I went to turn on the camera, it died, so minutes before he walked through the door, we threw the poop under the couch and decided to wait until the next day.

The following night was Thursday (when Dad plays tennis) and the boys were SO EXCITED all day. We set it up perfectly, had the charged camera in hand and we waited and waited and waited. I texted Aaron to see how late he was going to be, but he never responded. We watched a movie and played a couple of games and eventually the boys fell asleep. When Aaron came home around midnight (after playing tennis and volleyball and then taking some of the YM to sonic for ice cream) he wondered why the kids had crashed downstairs. I told him that we had a surprise for him, but couldn't stay up.

The next day we KNEW it was going to happen. He came home early from work and walked right passed the blob of poop on the floor. Says a lot for the state of our home, right? We were all so disappointed. But thought we'd keep it there until Dad said something. Simon was too excited and picked it up, ran it to Daddy and screamed, "Dad! We bought this poop for you!" And the prank was ruined. Oh well. We have been able to play the trick on several friends, including the Sister Missionaries. Eventually we want to take it out in public and film people freaking out.... the mall, the pet store and church will be hot spots for sure!

Once in college, my friends and I went to the grocery store with a video camera. One crazy guy got inside a garbage can outside the store while we filmed from afar. When someone would throw a piece of trash away, he would throw it back at them. It only happened twice but it was so hilarious. I am busting up just typing this. A lot of people walked by without throwing anything away, so he would stick his fingers out to scare them and once threw his shoe at someone. What a disgusting place to hide... but so, so funny. Rexburg is the best place to go to school because you gotta get creative and the grocery store becomes the coolest to hang out. I've gotta find that old video somewhere...

anyway, don't call CPS on me. 75% of the time, I am a great mom. I made my boys wait almost a year before I let them shake our baby.... this was taped exactly 28 minutes ago.

Oh, and a friend shared this joke today. My boys thought it was awesome.. (and have been repeating it all day.)

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Smell Mop.