First Day Of School/90210/Freaky Toys

Have you seen that Staples commercial recently? You know which one I'm talking about...the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year one.

I'm not gonna lie, friends. I was singing that song this weekend.

Now you know I love my children and I love them so much that the thoughts of being away from them destroyed Ian's chance of taking me to Jamaica for a second honeymoon.

However...

This last week of summer vacation was l-o-n-g.

Ian and I always walk the children to school on the first day. This year, Sam told me that he was going to be ignoring me in the school yard. "No offense, Mom."

Oh, none taken Mister-I'm-too-cool-to-be-seen-with-the-best-mother-ever-5th-grader.

He ran ahead and disappeared around the corner to hang with his friends. Julie stuck close by and wanted us to walk her to her door.

Every year it's the same scenario. As soon as the children are at their respective doors Ian is ready to go. I always want to hang around until the bell goes, tears in my eyes, heart full of sadness because my children are growing up.

Hmm... A touch melodramatic, yes?

I can only imagine the drama that will ensue when Miss Jordan goes to school.

Shudder.

I spent the day at my mother's house and I don't think we stopped talking except for the occasional bathroom break. We sure can talk.

Dinner was a lively affair. The children talked excitedly about their days, new teachers and what their friends were doing. I was trying to hear about Ian's big presentation while Jordan was being a clown. I love dinners like that - lively.

Ian sent me upstairs to watch the season premiere of 90210 and Melrose Place.

Oh I love that man.

I was a die-hard 90210 fan back in the day and was so sad when it ended. So imagine my complete and utter delight when they decided to "bring it back". I.am.hooked. So hooked in fact that I have a few ideas of my own and think I just might send off a letter to the writers of the show.

Or not.

I had to laugh at the new "hot guy" they have on the show now. He looks like he's in his 30's but he's playing a high school kid. Ha. Not going to fly.

I was eagerly anticipating Melrose Place. What a colossal disappointment. The ONLY character I was interested in seeing was KILLED in the first 10 minutes of the show. BOO! I actually stopped watching it halfway through.

Bad, bad, bad.

I'm going to write a letter to them too. A strongly worded one, maybe.

Jordan has this toy that is freaking me out. It's a bunny head/blanket thing and when you press its face a child's voice says "now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, may angels watch me through the night, and wake me with the morning light".

Cute, right?

NO!

It keeps going off randomly and there is no one around to push it's face.

I was downstairs alone last night around 11:30 pm when all the power went out. The house was pitch black.

I am afraid of the dark, people. And I don't care who knows it.

I was convinced "The Killer" had arrived and shut off the lights/power in my house so he could kill me in the dark.

I stood in the kitchen trying to hear the killer. What did I hear instead?

"Now I lay me down to sleep...."

Ugh.

I did what anyone would do in my situation.... I called Ian to come downstairs to get me.

Ha.

The power came on just as Ian lit some candles, so I guess the killer decided to go somewhere else. I told Ian about the toy and he went to find it in Jordan's toy box. He kept pushing the face to make it talk but it wouldn't.

Are you getting creeped out too? Why is it that it only talks when no one presses it??

I think the fact that I washed it in the washing machine might have done something to it.

In the time it's taken me to write this post, it has gone off five times.

Just so you know, it's just as creepy during the day as it was last night in the dark.