Here and there

Last week the Wal-Mart toy flyer arrived in our house. I gave it to the boys and told them to circle things that they wanted to ask Santa for. It was hysterical! They got so excited about it and took their job veeerrryy seriously. Aidan kept saying: "Now Quinn, just because you ask for it doesn't mean you'll get it...."

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The big thing in our house right now is prepping for Halloween. We've carved the pumpkins, bought the candy, and the costumes are set. We had a bit of an 'incident' today in that I had some candy corn out (not for actual consumption - EWW!) and the boys were on the counter checking out the pumpkins. I looked up and realized that Quinn was chowing down on something - presumably some candy corn. So I asked him: "Quinn, did you eat some candy corn?"

He looks at me veerrryyy guiltily and didn't say anything.

I said: "Quinn, tell me the truth - I'll be happier if you tell me the truth than if you lie..." Still nothing. So, I said: "Quinn, open your mouth." Which he did - with candy corn remnants still inside.

By this point Chris and I are killing ourselves trying not to laugh.

I said: "Quinn, you have candy corn in your mouth - did you eat some without asking?"

He looked at me with tears in his eyes (no joke!) and said: "Yes Mummy, and I'm really, really sorry."

Oh - my - gosh - how can you be angry with that?!?!