Could it be...that for a few short minutes I was "The coolest mom on the block?" :-)

Guess where I was last night at midnight?!? In my nice warm bed? No... Watching TV and eating popcorn? No... Dreaming of snow capped mountains? No... Talking to the dairy farm driver? (hee hee) No... Last night you could find me at the local mall with my teenage son standing in line with a hundred or so people! We were all waiting for the release of the new "World of Warcraft" expansion pack! Why you might ask did I chose to accompany my 13 year old on this midnight expedition, and on a school night? Perhaps I am nuts!? :-)

Well maybe, but actually I was following through on a little incentive...for a week now Kyle and Ashlyn have been doing assorted, "Good Deeds and Kind Gestures" to earn a special reward. The reward was supposed to be a little Wal-Mart treat, but Kyle was so excited to possibley be one of the first to buy the new "World of Warcraft" game, (using a gift card and birthday money) that I offered to let his reward be the midnight purchase!

After our mission was accomplished it didn't seem right to just go to bed, so when we got home we sat by the fire while the game downloaded and had an enjoyable "midnight snack" visiting about the evening and all the interesting people we talked with while standing in line. For a few minutes, in the eyes of my 13 year old, I was perhaps the "coolest mom on the block!" That is until this morning when he very politely asked, "Could I stay home from school today and play the new game?" Sorry buddy, I had to draw the line there....but maybe I can keep my new title for a little while longer!