My little flirt...or manipulator...

Today we got training wheels for Ethan's bike. He's not the most coordinated child (he gets that from me according to Stephen) so we went outside to practice, after a while I started to get frustrated, he kept going backwards stopping the bike, so I asked him "Ethan why do you keep stopping?", he probably sensed I was a little frustrated, so he just looked at me smiling and said, "mom I just want to stop to see how cute you are!". My jaw dropped to the ground, did I just hear that? I asked him again "what did you say?". He just smiled and said it again. My little flirt, he definitely gets that from Stephen!

Free time

So, after reading the little scolding, I'm feeling a little guilty and since I have some free time right now, here it goes. I'm "working" at the bookstore, actually I was reading the last book of the Twilight series, not my usual reading type, but I just can't put it down. I'm on the last book, and I was in the middle of an extremely important part when somebody had the nerve to interrupt me!! I know, what was she thinking! Can't you see I'm busy here!! And before I could ask what she wanted, she said, "oh that's the book I was looking for!" all excited of course, I understood her excitement which made it hard to protest, I was holding the last copy that Stephen had at the bookstore!! I thought for a minute, should I tell her that it's not for sale? I knew we could sell it later anyways, plus what else was I supposed to do! I had agreed to work while Stephen played golf because I just wanted to read anyways, it was the last book!!! But I felt guilty, and unwillingly I gave it to her. So now I have a few hours to kill and my options are: blogging, cleaning, shelve books, maybe find another book to read, or all of the above.

Let this be a lesson to all!

So Mr. Rider decided to go on a "mancation" as I read somewhere, I didn't say much when he told me, even tough it would mean a lonely and more challenging Valentine's weekend for me since I would have to not only take care of the boys but also work at the bookstore. But I knew he would have fun and he hasn't been skiing for years. So off they went on their trip, little did they know that our friend cupid was not pleased at all with the separation and loneliness they caused. They were aflicted with horrible stomach illnesess, exhaustion, and things we can't even imagine. That's right, coincidence? I don't think so. I don't believe Mr. Rider will be taking this important celebration of love lighthly any more. Mr Cupid is all about love, but he also punishes those who forget their responsiblities during this important celebration of love. For what I heard Sam was able to apeace the wrath of Mr. Cupid by sending flowers to his wife, but Jeff, I don't know what happened, maybe his flower arragement wasn't big enough, or the trauma caused to his poor wife who had to endure this on their first Valentine's day as a married couple was beyond Mr. Cupid's forgiveness. So I hope we can all learn something from this atrocious event so we can avoid the same mistakes. Mr. Cupid will be watching, he may seem like an innocent angel, but is he?