PEZ

Tonight I was enjoying my favorite Christmas gift aside from Michael buying me a great necklace I LOVE, wireless headphones to watch TV with once the kids go to bed. With our cozy home and light sleeper Cora, it's hard to have 'me time' to get my 'Bachelor' or "Big Brother' or "Parenthood' etc on. Evan veeeerrrrrrry rarely wakes in the night but tonight woke around 11p? and wanted to cuddle. As I said, I was in "me time" so I encouraged him to cuddle with daddy. ;). Once settling him into cuddles with a very willing daddy, I went about tidying a few things before back to my show when I noticed the kids (empty) Snowman Pez dispensers and refill near by propped up on the kitchen counter. (similar to this)

I know how my children love to rummage through the house before we wake up and even though I shouldn't be encouraging it... I did what any self respecting loving parent would, I filled each Pez despenser with 5 pez each for them to find in the morning. Evan's is all white where as CG's face is clear. I wanted to encourage sharing so after doing my 'elfing' I went to Evan in our bedroom to help clarify without giving away my secret plot, who's is who's so they hopefully give eachother their own pez (we'll see!). I asked Evan which pez was his, he seemed confused a bit so I suggested that maybe the all white one was his and the clear faced one was Coras. He agreed and went on to elaborate on the details describing his own as "all white in the face and body and coras is all white body but a 'glass' face."lol. but then he warned me, "they are on the counter top (then wagging his finger back and forth), but don't look in them because you will be surprised that there is nothing in there. There is nothing in there, so don't look at them (still wagging the finger)" Mike and I just always look at each other and laugh, not wanting to slow the free talk for fear we will lose out on a jem like this conversation about pez. I wouldn't be surprised if I got in trouble in the morning when he finds these. He's a rule keeper once he understands them so he may think it's bad to have candy at all much less in the morning. On the other hand, he may eat it and never tell me. ha ha ha.