Tearing Down the Moon

Well, I made the mistake of letting our children stay up past 9:30PM today...it was an emotional meltdown. You see, we had to...we were babysitting our friends' children, and they were to stay awake until their parents came for them, but since they are the same age as ours, putting one set to bed and not the other is, ahem, difficult, to say the least. Anyhow, once all was calm, we had our evening snack, which led to frustration, ("Mom, these apples are not co operating!"--Zach), and so we sent them up to bed (the children, not the apples). This then led to some defiance...Zach decided that bedtime was NOT a good idea, and therefore would not go. So, I carried him up, put his jammies on for him, and put him to bed (of course, sweet Stephen had to come in and give big hugs and say that it was OK to be upset, etc.). Zach's response? "I'm tearing the moon from the sky, so there is no more night, and without night there can be no bedtime!" I told him he could contemplate his game plan while lying in bed--he was asleep in minutes. I'm hoping the moon is still in the sky tomorrow night, I don't think I could live without bedtime!

On a sillier note, Stephen has taken up drinking...pancake syrup. Yes, I suppose it is my fault for making our own and bottling it in glass jars, and putting glass jars on the table, open, next to beverages...but it still doesn't help one suppress the laughter when you notice the pale expression on another's face, as they realize what they gulped. Ha ha!! What a fun start to the day.

On a HOO-HA! note, I again racked up brownie points in the financial department. I suppose that is why I am CFO, COO, and CEO of the Tueller home. They are joint positions, sort of, but I can't figure out what to call Stephen...maybe head of accounts receivable. Perhaps there should be a position called CCEO--Chief Chief Executive Officer, as the CEO defers to the CCEO when in doubt, or when it seems two heads are better than one. Anyhow, today was a fun day. I suppose I have to give credit to Stephen for taking me out to dinner last night, for had we not gone, we would not have passed the Goodwill marquee that stated that the first ever "Fill A Bag Sale" was going to take place at this specific location. Anyhow, I piled the cuties in the car, got to Goodwill and found out that you could stuff as much clothing into the bag as you wanted for $25. Given that I have petite children, you can fit a lot of items in one bag. The exciting thing here is that we got there early enough that the children's clothing hadn't been picked over, and we scored some VERY nice dresses, dress shirts, pants, sweaters, skirts, etc, for about $1 each! Even by Goodwill standards, this is saving $$, as items there are about $3 each on a good day, but considering the brands and quality of many of the items, we saved much more. It's exciting. Speaking of excitement...it's getting late, and if I don't sleep, I'll be easily excitable tomorrow, so, off I go!