Kicking vs Kissing

I start with a little housekeeping:

• For all you who are worried about me, I expect kicking to happen in 2nd grade recess, but I don't expect kissing. And since Faith said the kicking was an accident, I didn't call the school about it. Now if there was kissing going on, I'd be on the phone to the school.
• I was able to live with a dead mouse in the basement all day because I can avoid the basement. I made my husband take us out to dinner since I couldn't go into the basement with a dead mouse. That's where the extra freezer and canned goods are.
• I'm taking a couple days off blogging to concentrate on writing and building my freelance business. But I'll be back soon, because blogging is an addiction I can't kick. (Like watching Nancy Grace, who I can't stand, but I can't seem to stop myself from checking in every night to see if I still can't stand her.)
• Thanks for all your voting on Purple Man's La Dee Dah soap commercial. We are pulling ahead of Travis @ I Like to Fish. Voting ends Monday at 11:59 p.m. And you can vote once a day. So, if you are so inclined. We'd love for you to vote again and keep the gap growing. Here is the link to the four videos in the contest. I should warn a few friends that the two middle videos are suggestive. (I didn't warn anyone before, and I've heard back from a number of people.)
• Speaking of not warning anyone. It didn't occur to me to tell my own kids not to watch the two middle videos. Then one day I hear Jonathan yelling upstairs, "That's disgusting!" Oops. Glad I didn't have to answer any awkward questions after that.

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We received eight and a half inches this storm, the third of the season. Normally we get one good snowfall a year...in March. I know we aren't the only ones getting more snow than usual.

If you want to worry about someone, you should worry about Jonathan, who thinks wrapping his blanket around his head is enough to keep him warm before he goes out to play in the snow.

Just so you don't worry about my parenting, I did make him dress appropriately before going out. Here he's helping Dad clear the snow off the back deck. 

 

Helping Dad lasted all of four minutes before he was making angels and eating snow.