"April Fools Day?"

I normally don't post two days in a row but I have to talk about April Fools Day. So here goes:

April Fools Day, who the hell thought up this brilliant idea? My husband, the fool that he is, loves April First. Why? Because he finds joy in making himself look like an idiot after pulling some stupid prank and then yelling "APRIL FOOLS"!!!

This morning we had to deal with Kool-Aid in the bathtub faucet and in the shower head. My son thought he was dying. We also had green and pink milk. The sight of the green milk sent my son running to the sink gaging. Funny, very, very, funny. Now thanks to him, paranoia has come right on into my house and is staying for the day. The kids won't eat anything until they have smelled everything. And I do mean everything. They've spent half of their time this morning running around the house shouting things like: "If Dad did anything to my favorite shoes....". So thank you my darling husband, thanks allot.

But I suppose this was the point. Greg (my husband) says that April Fools Day is his favorite holiday. Excuse me? What? Since when has April Fools Day become a holiday? To be considered an actual holiday, State and Federal Government offices must be closed, at the very least. We have two calenders and "All Fools Day" is only on one calender. To be considered a holiday, the day must be recognized on all American Calenders!!!

I don't know whose idea "April Fools Day" was, but what the heck were they thinking? It seems to me that the fun of pulling pranks is the element of surprise. So why, I ask, is there one day specified for pulling pranks? Wouldn't it be funnier to just pull pranks any old time. I know my husband probably thinks I'm giving him permission to pull this crap all the time, but I'M NOT!!!!!!!!!!! I'm just asking a simple question.

I don't know how April Fools Day/All Fools Day even started (probably some weird European thing). So maybe someone should set me straight about April Fools Day. NOT MY HUSBAND --- I ALREADY KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THIS NON-HOLIDAY.

Oh, yeah Greg. When you get home tonight, NOTHING IS SACRED!!!! So BE PREPARED!!!