I was in the Christmas spirit the other day, and on a whim, bought some candy, and filled the cookie jar to the brim.
TheMan came home from helping out at his mom’s restaurant, saw the jar and turns to me.
“Are you nuts?”
“Um, a little, why?”
“You just filled that jar with the equivalent of kiddie cocaine!”
I rolled my eyes at him, and told him he was being silly. Everyone needs a little holiday candy in their house. It’s practically a law.
So he tells me the following story.

“One day, after Halloween, while you were at class and I was home with the kids, something happened.

I was sitting here, after supper, with the kids, watching a movie. One on either side of me. I was a little drowsy, and was in that state where you’re awake, but starting to doze off a little. I noticed Truck isn’t sitting next to me any longer. I turn to Miss Question, and ask her where her brother is. She doesn’t know either.

Now, the house is dark, except for the living room. So I get up and head off in search of the missing child. I see this little light from the kitchen, like a flashlight.

So I go in there, cautiously, because I don’t know what’s going on.
Apparently, Truck commandeered a flashlight, climbed up onto a stool, then onto the counter, and was reaching for his Halloween bucket. On the top shelf of the cupboard.

I don’t even say anything. I’m just standing there.

He looks at me, and very carefully puts the bucket back, shuts the cupboard door, turns off the flashlight and climbs down. He walks past me into the living room, and climbs back up on the couch.

As though I hadn’t just caught him, on the counter, trying to raid the candy bucket.”

Naturally, Truck got in trouble, because he knew what he was doing was wrong. But that story cracked me up, and I made sure to put the new candy somewhere he (hopefully) can’t reach!

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