ohh the things you can find......

....when you clean behind your couch cushions.
today, while vacuuming in the living room,
i decide to clean the couches as well and get the dust off them.
while i begin on the 1st couch, i think to myself,
"i might as well take all the cushions off and clean it thoroughly."
so, i take off the cushions on the left side of the couch.
this gets mason's attention. he walks over and stands as close as he can
to me and the couch and watches with curiosity.
i pull off the bottom cushion, and behold! there is a matchbox car
and nerf darts. right away mason gets excited and exclaims,
"mom! look!" so i tell him to get them out and put them with his toys.
he obeys quickly and runs right back to the couch and stands close
by as i get ready to unveil what's under the cushion on the right side of the couch.
i lift it up and behold! there is a green fruit snack!!
he gets very excited about this find and exclaims, "mom! fruit snack!" and reaches
out and grabs it. well, you can guess where he planned on sticking that treasure!
i quickly lifted up the hose to the vacuum cleaner that i was holding and i sucked that
little green fruit snack right out of his fingers before he even had a chance to bring
it to his lips!!! i am awesome! lightning reflexes!!!!
so, on we go to the love seat. again, he stands by, eagerly awaiting to see what is going
to be discovered in this couch! i lift up the right cushion of the couch first and behold!
a cell phone!!!! (it was an old one that someone gave to the boys to play with) mason
grabs the phone and starts playing with it. but he stands close by because he knows the
next cushions are about to be lifted up. i do my business and vacuum up the crumbs and
what-not that lurk under the cushions. i place them back in their place and move on
to the last set of couch cushions. i lift them up and behold! nothing. just crumbs.
i am disappointed. i could not give mason something else exciting. so i vacuum up the crumbs.
as i begin to pick up the cushions to put them back, mason runs up and starts digging
his hand in the back crease of the couch. guess what his little eye saw? a matchbox car!
he lifts it up and shows it to me with huge smile and pride all over his face and says,
"look, mom! car!" well, we were successful. a treasure found under each of the couch cushions.
i'm just glad i could come through for mason and i wasn't too disappointing.
now don't even deny the fact that you're going to go pop up those couch cushions as soon
as you get home to see what treasures await you there!