I just had to call Mikey in here (my computer room) and make him promise to me the following:

1. That he will NOT be sneaking out of the house tonight.

2. That he will not be sneaking anybody INTO the house.

3. That no living, breathing creatures besides himself, and maybe the cats, will be in my house, in his room.

I made him look me in the eye and promise me the above conditions. Then I threatened him with severe repercussions if he broke that promise.

All this because last night he decided to have a little temper fit and displayed unacceptable behavior and it aggravated me and he was grounded until Saturday.

However! Tonight, his girlfriend, whom he loves very very much, is sleeping over at someone's house is is relatively (we are in the country) nearby and he thought he'd be able to go stay the night with one of HIS friends that lives just right down the road from where the girl was staying.

Stuart threatened him with the old "you'll be sleeping in our bedroom tonight."

Oy.

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It snowed here today. It started about the time I left for work this morning at 7:15 AM.

Erica was tickled when we got out of the car at her daycare and exclaimed, "it's snowing!" while she ran out from under the carport I had pulled under to let it fall on her face.

Stuart wasn't supposed to leave for work until a bit later in the morning so he was still at home. Mikey doesn't have school on Fridays either.

I got the phone call about an hour and half later from Erica's teacher that they were closing. Stuart ended up not going in and so he picked her up and spent the day making a snowman and other snow type activities. I'll get those pictures downloaded tomorrow maybe.

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Ms. @lix on our fabric excursion.

Ms. Amanda sent some Dora the Explorer tattoos in Erica's Christmas goody box and had to show them off. I told Stuart she's practicing for the future. He didn't look very thrilled at that.

Crazy people.