Things with James’ new bed are going very well. It’s been about two weeks, and he just LOVES his big boy race car. He really likes playing pretend in the bed with Annabel, and at night he’s gone to bed very easily. It’s a frigging miracle, honestly.
Last week, I went to a media preview at Disneyland for a new ride that’s opening this week, and while I was in the park I grabbed the kids a few little treats; specifically, chocolate coins. James is a total weirdo about coins. Some kids play with dolls, James plays with money. He gathers up real and plastic coins, then carries as many as his little hands can hold all around the house. Coins are James’ friends…for example, James will be watching a movie, and when music comes on he’ll say to his coins, “Dance, coins!” Oh, my little weirdo.
Anyway, I thought chocolate coins would be a great treat for the kids. I got home after they were asleep and put a bag of coins on the floor in each of their rooms, near the door, so they’d see them when they woke up. A fun little way to say “Mommy’s home!”
At 3:30 am, I woke up to the sound of a little voice talking. This isn’t weird – both kids talk in their sleep. I heard, “Coins, c’mon coins!” and I laughed to myself, thinking James was having a great dream about his friends, The Coins. Then I heard a small thud, followed by several other small thuds. Then I heard, “Annie! Looks! CHOCOLATE COINS!”
Mike had jumped out of bed when he heard the thuds,then came back into our room a couple minutes later. “James somehow found chocolate coins and ate like half of them. There’s a trail of trash from his room to Annie’s room.”
“Oh…I got them chocolate coins at Disney…I left them by their bedroom doors so they’d seem them in the morning. How did he even see them in the middle of the night?!”
“You know how he is about coins! He probably can see them in the dark!”
We had to confiscate the rest of his coins at 4 am and he was NOT happy about it. And of course, when he woke up a few hours later he screamed, “COINS! WHERE ARE YOU COINS!”
Please remind me to not have any more “fun” ideas around chocolate coins any time soon.
Angela says:
I saw this yesterday, and your post this morning made me think of it immediately. Here is your next coin project!!!
http://www.werecallingshenanigans.com/2015/03/12/make-gold-covered-oreos/
Heather says:
I totally have to make these for St. Patrick’s Day, even though I know James will go nuts over them!
Steph says:
Such sweet intentions, mama. As the mama of teen and tween girls, I mutter frequently “No good deed goes unpunished”
Kim Q says:
HILARIOUS!!!
Katrina says:
So funny! And I guess he already has a love for money. Hmmmm.
and I see I’m going to have to use my Disney pass next week to check out a new ride? Very cool. What section is it in? or are you sworn to secrecy? Is it the new Star Wars area? What are they calling that area, anyway…Star Wars Land?
Heather says:
Oh, Aiden will love it! It’s a new ride in Cars Land called “Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters.” Very cute, very mellow. The cars “dance” across the dance floor.
And yes, it’s going to be called Star Wars Land, as far as I know, but it’s not going to open for a couple years. But it should be cool when it does!
Jen says:
It’s like you’re a rookie or something!
Chantel says:
Our four year old loved coins, carried them everywhere until one day he swallowed a penny and it lodged in his esophagus. $7,000 and a surgery later, he carries around that penny in a specimen cup. The surgeon brought it back to him after surgery. Scariest day ever!!
Heather says:
I am soooo afraid of him doing this. That sounds so scary!!
Katrina says:
Oh wow, that’s scary. One of my toddlers started choking on a quarter once. Lucky I saw her and quickly dislodged it. So scary. Right now my new worry (because as a mom it’s my job to find new things to worry about) is that one of my older kids’ electronics will somehow lose one of those lithium batteries and my toddler will find it and swallow it. Have you heard the kind of damage those things can do to a child’s stomach or esophagus? It can cause death. And you don’t even know it’s in there until it’s too late. They are found in certain toys and those kind of musical cards. So scary!
Jen says:
i always read your blog- so entertaining. and i always check msn.com every night. your husband’s face (if moms were treated like dads…) was on the main first page of the newsfeed on msn!- in case you didn’t see it! i saw it, thought i recognized the face and clicked to read the article/video…super cool!
Heather says:
Oh, no way! That’s so cool! Thanks for letting us know, I have to go look for it now!
Randi says:
OMG. Still laughing hysterically at this!