Posted by: brandiandboys | May 11, 2008

A Thank You Note

Whoa, Whoa! Look, Look! What my two year old said when he saw this.

Holy cow, white paper everywhere! What my four year old said when he saw this.

Coooool, look what teenagers did to our yard! What my seven year old said when he saw this.

Dear ‘assumed’ teenager,

Thank you for lighting up the faces on all three of my children first thing in the morning. The twinkle in their eyes was a close second to Christmas morning. We appreciate all the time you donated beautifying our yard during the wee hours before sunrise.

In deep gratitude,

The Wilsons

PS – our church’s youth group had a lock in last night. Do you think there is a slight possibility these two events could be related?  I know, it sounds far-fetched.

PSS – It took Pete and I ALL morning to clean this up…..okay, maybe not. Maybe we sat on the porch and talked about pranks we performed as teenagers. Maybe we let our kids have a contest to see who could fill their trash bag up the quickest.

The following is just another example of the many benefits to having children.


Responses

  1. our best known prank…setting loose 3 “wild animals” in the school, labeled “#1″, “#2″ and “#4″

    People where out forever looking for “#3″… HA!

  2. That is fabulous!! Once we stuck a million little American flags in a ladies yard for 4th of July. So great. Anyways…just wanted to let you know you were being prayed for! Yippy. I don’t know how you do it…with all those boys, trying to be gentle. Wow. yay you.

  3. Oh my gosh.. the best pranks

    1. An entire VW bug on the roof of the school.

    2. Porcupine cars.- go to Mcdonalds grab as many straws as you can and stick them in every hole of a car. presto- a porcupine!!!

  4. First…HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Brandi!!! Hope you’re being spoiled today!

    100’s and 100’s of plastic forks in the grass. Oh. Yay. AND drizzled with chocolate syrup. Why? Why!!!

  5. Favorite prank (not necessarily the best one) was on our way back from the H.S. chorus trip, one of the guys fell asleep in the van.

    You should know: never fall asleep in a vehicle with a bunch of teenagers.

    He had quite a bit of lotion on his forehead before he woke up. Photographic evidence is somewhere in my house.

    My dad, however, was known in high school as “king of the rollers.” According to him, one time he wrapped a screen door in toilet paper. He “obtained” some construction signs and blinking road hazard things and put them all over someone’s yard.

  6. What fun! You guys are such great sports with such great attitudes. Each year in High School we “rolled” our coach’s yard, the highlight of the start of every season!

  7. @tam…forking is great, you can do it w/ a group or w/ only two people b/c it goes really fast [depending on the size of the yard!]

    @heidi: I love the porcupine cars idea…I’ve shrink wrapped a car, but never procupined it…hmmmm

    another favorite though…junk yard, where you go through the neighborhood on trash day, picking up all tossed furniture, then arrange an entire living room on the lawn of said friend

    boy, I miss adolescence…ok, no I don’t.

  8. If they were good pranksters they would have thrown it on your roof and let it get wet. We toilet papered a kid’s house in high school and got it done just before the rain started. It must have been two or three years before all of the toilet paper was off the roof.

    My favorite one in college was breaking into a guys room and we filled it wall to wall and ceiling to floor with newspaper. Good times.

  9. @GI…the newspaper one is now on my “to-do” list! Along w/ covering every flat surface in a “friend’s” office w/ tin foil.
    Now, which one to do first….
    Thanks!!!

  10. I plead the fifth.

  11. Oh yeah… this is great to wake up to!! It happened to us while my husband and I were away. The teenagers in our house had to clean it up!!! There are worse things, like having your car egged!!

  12. Sounds like the lawyer knows something!!

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  14. Okay one more…my fresh year in college my dorm friend snuck into the guys dorm and unleashed 2 full 5 gallons of lady bugs you know the kind you buy at the nursery for your garden. Yeah…she got in mucho trouble for that one.

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