Reese's cup anyone??

Well, it's around 4am and I can't sleep, so I thought I'd blog about something that is on my mind.

Yesterday was a long day. Thursdays tend to be that way because we have no school, no church activities and usually we tend to stay home. This mommy, knowing that it was going to be a long day, did try twice to make a playdate for her dearest daughter who LOVES to play with other kids, but it was to no avail. Both folks already had other plans. So, we did our normal "stay in our pajama" routine most of the morning, painted, did some brain quest, watched some tv and ate a good lunch. I had thought we might run to a few stores, but I couldn't quite get my act together at first. When I asked dearest daughter if she wanted to hit the stores with me, her answer was a resounding 'no'. So, we stuck around the house. It was a beautiful day.....definitely a park-worthy day. Around 60 and sunny, so I thought for sure we'd hit a park at some point during the afternoon. We could all use some sunshine, right? Well, things kind of went downhill after lunch. A had asked me if she could watch Hero of the Rails...her absolute FAVORITE DVD. I said sure. Well, at some point during this much-watched movie, things got kind of quiet from our little A, but then she came into the kitchen with a not so innocent look on her face. I asked her what she'd been doing, but she wouldn't tell me, so I sent her to her room until she decided she wanted to tell me. Well, Doug called a little bit later and during that phone conversation, sweet A came downstairs and revealed to me that she had fed our French Bulldog, Bruno, some miniature Reese's cups. How many, I had asked. Two, she responded. OK.....no big deal, right??...kind of funny. He should be fine. Well, after I got off the phone, I rounded the bend to see the candy bowl where sweet little A had found these candies....and lo and behold, it was EMPTY! Not an hour before there had been a bowl full of these little delights. And now....not ONE was in the bowl. As I kept rounding the bend, I saw MANY little wrappers.....opened, contents GONE...laying on the floor of our guest room. You got it, folks. Our dearest little A had fed every last one of those miniature Reese's cups to our dog!!!!! I sent our DEAREST little A back to her room, cleaned up the mess, pondered what on earth my husband would say and then proceeded to call the vet. She said to keep an eye out on him and if things got bad, to bring him in later. So, I watched and waited. I eventually called A back down from her room and explained to her that one, she had lied to mommy and two that we don't feed our dogs candy, especially chocolate! Argh! She did feel bad after understanding the severity of it all, but I thought she needed a little more time to think about what she had done, now knowing exactly WHAT she had done, so back to her room I sent her. Thankfully, she's compliant about going to her room. Well, what I didn't know was that she had found her pacifier (that, yes, she still uses for bedtime, but yesterday, had been taken away from her as a lost privilege) in my bedroom and had crawled back up into her bed with it and fallen asleep. So, now, it's the middle of a beautiful, sunny day, A's asleep and I head back downstairs to keep an eye on my dog who has just been fed a dozen or more Reese's cups.

Thankfully, nothing happened with Bruno. We ended up going to the park after she woke up and I took both dogs with me, totally expecting a blowout or vomit at some point, but he was fine and we did have a nice time at the park...with the exception of one moment that I will tell you about in my next post.

Moral of the story....do NOT leave candy out where little hands can reach it! And definitely don't let the house get too quiet!! What am I thinking????