28 January 2010

The Straw Incident

It’s movie night. Popcorn and juice bags all around. Somehow, Sam lost his Capri Sun straw in the laundry room near the trash can.
“Straw’s gone,” he declared, with a look of innocent expectation that I’ll wave a magic mommy wand and make a new one appear.

Try and find it, I say.
"But I’m too scared - it’s DARK in there!"
Take your brother. (I pause the DVD)
The two march over to the laundry room on a search and rescue mission.

"I think it’s in the cat box," Jack says. (Big help)

I holler: “It is NOT in the cat box!”
Jack laughs.

I hear Sam mumbling, rooting around – then success! As they head back victorious, Jack says to his brother and to me, "...you erupt (
aka interrupt) my movie for this straw incident!"

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