Rice Krispies Treats and horror movies

Today was our turn for treats again at preschool. Do you know how much I have to rack my brain for somewhat healthy snacks?! I went with Rice Krispies treats . . . with Halloween colored M&M’s in them. But, the Rice Krispies part is healthy, right? Before you add the butter and marshmallows anyway.

Eli got up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday. It happens to all of us, but it’s very tiring when your 4-year-old is in a bad mood. I had to threaten all day not to make the Rice Krispies treats. I used this to try to keep him in line. I know, I know. I would have made them anyway, but he didn’t know that.

We finally did make them. Then Eli, Eric and myself ate half of them. So we had to make more. The sugar rush must have been part of the reason Eli wouldn’t go to bed last night. We always try to get him to bed early on nights before preschool, yet that never seems to work. He got up to go potty, to remind me that I needed to tuck him in (twice), to get a drink, to go potty again, and to look for two quarters.

He “found” two quarters yesterday (on Eric’s nightstand), and proclaimed them as his own. Now, he is determined to go buy “big fruit.” There is a gumball machine at Wal-Mart that sells giant gumballs in the shape of fruit. It cost 50 cents, so whenever Eli gets a hold of two quarters, he wants to go buy “big fruit.” So, he slept with the quarters last night, woke up in a fit at 5 a.m. in a tizzy because he couldn’t find them, and when he did find them, he put them in his backpack to take them with him to preschool. It doesn’t look like I’m going to be able to get out of going to buy “big fruit.”

Anyway, after being constantly awoken by Eli last night, I am extremely tired today. Since we couldn’t sleep anyway, Eric turned on AMC last night, so we could continue to watch the barrage of horror movies. I have to admit, that is probably my favorite part of the Halloween season. I freaking LOVE horror movies! In the last three days, I have watched Halloween (twice), Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, part of Children of the Corn, and we fell asleep last night watching Halloween II (complete with Jamie Lee Curtis’s really bad wig). As great as the first Halloween is, the second could easily be a staple for MST3K! (BTW, I am very excited for my Thursday 13 this week. It is going to be 13 things about the movie Halloween!)

Anyway, when I finally did get to sleep, I dreamt that Michael Myers was chasing me, so this morning I have a tired headache. I went to bug Aaron at his new job at Caribou Coffee and got a large turtle mocha for breakfast. (Yes, that was my breakfast. Don't judge me.)

After dropping Eli off at preschool, I came home to discover that he had managed to teach Georgia a new word. She came over to me, handed me her book, and very clearly said, “MINE!”

Oh, lovely.