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JevInstincts April is right on the edge of being one of the most cool months of all. It starts out with a practical joke, then works it's way through the Christian passion, and redemption of humanity, which as we all know is remembered and celebrated with chocolate bunnies. I'm not going to go on and on about the joys and benefits of April - I'm not that inspired, but the list is a least as long as five or six items. Most of us have seen April come and go many many times. In a nutshell I believe April signifies the promise of new life. So in keeping with the theme ("ah ha!" you say, "You hardly ever have a theme, is this a trick?" you say. No, I think I'm really on to something this month). I'm going to write about the prospect of new life, specifically the promise of new life in our house, and the sad realization that it wasn't meant to be. That's right … I'm talking about Sea Monkeys. My sister who is perhaps one of the three greatest Aunts in the world bought my kids a fool proof never fails guaranteed to work Sea Monkeys starter kit. It looked as simple as 1 2 3. In fact the packaging was designed to reflect this basic premise.
After a few days of waiting I noticed that the water has turned a strange greeny colour and there aren't any monkey critters squiggling around and playing in the water. I hate it when things like this happen. The kids not being stupid like their old man, were more than a little curious as to what the heck was going on in the fish bowl. I gave it a little thought and proudly proclaimed that the green water was a fancy punch called Monkey Juice. It had to sit for a couple of days for the flavour to set in. Of course this news was met with a rousing chorus of yippee! Unless they were saying "it looks like pee." Whatever the case I poured the mixture into their Pokemon cups and watched them down the concoction. It didn't take long until they started complaining of sore tummies. Quickly followed by some less than charitable comments about their once nearly favourite Aunt, who they were sure was trying to kill them with some weird drink that tasty vaguely of fish, not Monkeys. As I said, I love April, it's one of the cooler months. Please don't think I'm a terrible father. The kid's will eat or drink just about anything but stuff from the recommended health food guide. I didn't give them the green goop just to see them turn the same colour. You see, my sister - the great Aunt got the boys some rather extravagant Easter chocolate (they barely fit in the truck when she brought them over). I'm pretty sure that when I try to fob off another one of Aunties cool "edible" gifts, I can predict what their reaction will be. I love chocolate, and those big bunnies really looked good. Jevon the Tall |
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