AO: f3tradition
Q: r2d2
PAX: Sheldon, SS Minnow, stash, GentleGrizzly, trailmix, Lincoln, Matlock
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
Kids: Cruella, Pikachu, Freckles, Falcon, Peanut, BB8,

FNG Gecko, FNG Noah, FNG Bartolito, FNG Picasso, FNG Chewbaca, FNG Smiley (Riley) FNG Isaac (to be named), FNG Sam, FNG Hoops

WARMUP:
Being that it was our 2nd annual April fools day YHC (Me, Your humble correspondent, ((Does anyone still use that???))) decided to go all out on a prank. He told a few select Pax that he and his wife decided to foster a baby EVEN THOUGH they only foster kids 6 years old and above. They believed him and even prayed for it at a beatdown (YHC felt pretty bad about that but go big or go home, right?). So before the workout even began YHC announced that he had a special guest waiting in his truck. He then went to the FRONT seat and pulled out a baby car seat (expecting people to say “You can’t have a baby in the front seat!!! Which he was prepared to say “Don’t worry, I turned off the air bag). He set it on the edge of the truckbed, balanced it and went back to close the truck door. Apparently his balance was not right and the whole thing tumbled to the pavement.

While YHC did not see anyones reaction, he later found out that MULTIPLE men truly believed they saw a baby falling to it’s doom. It was however just a doll and suffered no consequences.

With the 1st April fools joke a great success…. well…. we went through the rest of the workout with no great “pranks” coming to fruition. YHC pretended to electrocute himself (not believable), used a air horn to make FNG Hoops drop a cup filled with water from her head, and the dads acting skills were put to a test.

The fathers ran off with a sealed envelope “Dad’s eyes only” while the kids stayed with their own envelope “Kids eyes only”. The dads were told to act out riding on a roller coaster. The kids were told that the dads were acting out what it’s like 30 minutes after a meal at taco bell. The dads screaming, flailing arms and swaying back and forth made for quite the spectacle. Admittedly this “prank” was much funnier when YHC saw it performed at a summer camp but it still got some laughs.

THE THANG:

Oh… So, yes, in case you were wondering, there was a workout going on at the same time. Lots of curling children, squatting with children, burpees and army crawls under the dads, etc. We did pull ups, “knees” to the wall/handstand (DISCLAIMER!!!!) and many other exercises that left the dads too tired to play a lot of gaga ball at the end.

MARY:
Partner leg lifts (holding onto someones ankles), American hammer and Low Flutter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Dads Cinco de Mayo Camping/Day trip f3meca.slack.com/archives/C028S3HQEAD/p1710501915790849

COT:
Prayers for Sophia, a 8 week old baby in foster care who was in the hospital for 2 weeks off and on, thank the Lord for dying on the cross and rising again, and for fathers and F3 in general.

The after party was a blast. We had coffee, fresh fruit, juice pouches, granola bars and water. Each kid got at least 1 balloon animal ranging from lightsabers to parrots, dogs and bunnies to turtles and teddy bears. Sheldon and SSMinnow stayed around playing Gaga Ball with YHC’s foster son BB8 and helped clean up.

Always a great time! Looking forward to more and more F3 Dads events!