A Tuesday We Will Remember!

A look back at my Election Day. Tuesday began with my getting ready to take JB to his music class. I hoped to vote before the class so I tried to hustle in my morning routine. I was making good progress when my little man walked into the bathroom with his mouth tightly closed and with a slight grin... as if to say 'wook at me'.... I thought he had a mouthful of water and blew my hairdryer towards him to get him to laugh. No laughing and he walked away. He kept showing HC his peculiarly shut mouth and I became curious. I said "JB... show me what's in your mouth." He opened up and I saw coinS. I had him spit them out and he had at least 10 coins in his mouth.
My first instinct... "EWWWWWW..... the germs alone could be deadly!" Then my mommy brain kicked in and I fussed profusely explaining how he could die if he swallowed these coins. His heart was broken and he cried profusely. I felt badly and consoled him. Telling him how dangerous this was and to NEVER do this again. He agreed ... went to brush his teeth and then came back to report that his 'bewully hurt' (belly hurt). I asked him why and he said "Because I ate the money." I said "You are ok. You didn't eat the money... you just swallowed the yucky juice." (I had to use language he would understand - EWWWW!) He said "No mommy I eat the money.. I eat 10 moneys." I quizzed him like an interrogation lawyer and he finally confessed to eating 4 pennies. He said "I sorry Mommy. I no want to die!" I told him he would be fine but to NEVER do that again - it is VERY dangerous.

I called the pediatrician and they said as long as he eats, drinks and swallows without trouble... all is well and the coins will find their natural exit. :) We left and headed off to hopefully vote early!

No such luck. Time was too short - we went to JB's music class and returned to vote to find an eternal line. (Oh... when we got into the van HC asked where we were going and I said we were going to vote for the President. She said "OH YAY! Now we can listen to music again and not the news!! Right Mommy?" Sad fact is my kids were tormented with my news addiction during the last 6 months!) Timing was not mine Tuesday! We waited to vote and my kids were STELLAR in their behavior! I was so proud of them! When it was our turn to vote HC asked "Where's the President Mommy? How will we vote for him?" I explained he wasn't there but we were voting for him. :) After our 1.5 hour wait we had lunch and got ice cream! We returned home to see the votes unfold and the rest is history! It was a busy day of ups and downs! Glad Tuesday is over! Whew!