That Fuksa Family

First Christmas causality

A couple weeks ago Nathan asked if he could have Christmas decorations in his room. He was so sweet when he asked I couldn’t say no. So we bought him a little fiber optic tree and he chose this nutcracker from the dollar section at Target. After using him to (unsuccessfully) crack a few peanuts Mr. Cracker has been sitting on Nathan’s nightstand, watching over him each night as he sleps. This morning when I went in to wake Nathan up I noticed that Mr. Cracker was missing, but I did’t think too much of it. Nathan usually wakes up with no less than 10 things in his bed so I thought Mr. Cracker was in the bed. Once he was awake Nathan jumped out of bed and went over to the corner of his room. He moved his dinosaur away from the wall and stuck his hand behind the monster truck storage box, retrieving Mr. Cracker. He had a very sad look on his face and said, “Mommy, last night I was trying to brush his beard and I broke him. I’m sorry, Mommy. I didn’t mean to do it.” It was so sweet it just broke my heart. He really thought he was in trouble. I took this as an opportunity to tell him that he can tell mommy and daddy anything and he doesn’t need to hide anything from us. We will still love him, no matter what. I stressed that it was important to be honest and admit our mistakes. He smiled and asked if daddy could use his Gorilla Glue to fix him. Nathan already knows that Gorilla Glue is like duct tape to Jeremy, meaning he uses it to fix just about everything. So tonight Jeremy and Nathan will sit at the kitchen table with a big bottle of Gorilla Glue and make Mr. Cracker whole again. He will then go back to his rightful spot on the nightstand and will most likely end up in Nathan’s bed before the Christmas season is over.