Blah!!

Blah! What has happened to this day. It started off well enough but is going downhill fast.

1. Mason has a small cold (as previously) mentioned and is using that as his excuse to avoid
everything. He whined so much during homework that I had to leave the table and dive into
the Halloween candy. I really need to throw all of it AWAY. Now we are taking a "break" while he plays the
Wii. Now I have to motivate him out the door to karate.

2. I made chili in the crockpot today. It is extra spicy just the way I like it. I always put a blob of sour cream
on top to put out the fire. Well, I made the mistake of leaving Mario in the kitchen unattended and he
helped himself to the whole container of sour cream. He is now in time out.

3. After 1 + years of complaining about our refrigerator door making a popping sound, I finally had it fixed
today. Kaylea strolled in from school noticed that the door was demagnetized and asked why it was so bare.
I explained that the popping sound was fixed. She slapped the door and pouted out of the room. She said
and I quote - "That was the only thing that I liked about our frig. Now I hate it."

Is it bedtime yet??

The real reason

Mason asked to stay home from school today because he has a small cold. I agreed since he hasn't missed a day this year. Plus, I didn't want him to spread his germs to his classmates.

But ....

I have a feeling this is his real reason -

He has been playing non-stop with his nutcrackers. He is starting a collection. This is his third year and he wants me to take him to Target to get a second one for this year. I gave him my usual response of "We'll see".

It was the cuties thing this morning. He woke up own his on at 7:00 and walked out with all 3 nutcrackers in hand.