I thought I was finally going to get to sleep late....

After Jameson blatantly ignored me forgot to pick up his toys , after we told him to about 50 times today.....

Hubby and I finally had enough.

We packed all of his toys left out on the floor into plastic containers, and put them away so he couldn't get them.

He was not happy!

He decided he was going to start grumbling under his breath, and slinging things around.

Now WE were not happy, so we sent him to his room.

Once in his room, he continued his grumbling and slinging things around, so I went in there to kindly remind him that whatever toys were left in his bedroom floor, would suffer the same fate as his other toys.

He got up, closed his door, and commenced to cleaning....

and grumbling, and fussing, and slinging....

After about 30 minutes had passed, I walked back into his room, which was still semi-messy, and he handed me this:

Oh look a note, I bet he is telling us how sorry he is.


Boy was I WRONG!!!


As I read the note, he stood there, arms crossed, with a smug look on his face....

That is, until I told him "BYE! I hope you have fun!"

I don't think he thought I was serious or he had heard wrong, until next I said:

"Where are you moving to? You know, so I will know where to forward your mail"

"When did you get a job? You know, because it is really expensive out there."

and finally

"WHEN are you leaving? I need to know if I have to cook supper for you, too."

He got really quiet, and said "I just don't want to talk about it!"

I then said, "You have to talk about it. Moving out is a really big deal and I have make sure you have a PLAN!"

The next thing I know, he is bawling his eyes out.

I almost felt sorry for him....

Almost

After he calmed down, we had a nice, long talk about the reasons he needed to keep his toys picked up. I also told him that I would be very sad and lonely if he left.

Things were much better, and then Jameson realized....

DADDY HASN'T SEEN THE NOTE YET!

He didn't come right out and ask if I would hide the letter from his daddy....but he sure hinted around about it.

Finally, I let him off the hook, and told him that I wouldn't show the note to his daddy...

It would be our little secret!

And because he was SO grateful, he has been cleaning like a wild man and has been super-duper sweet to me.

Here is his room before:

And here it is after:

Not great, but MUCH better!

He even vacuumed his rug and dust-busted the living room floor!

I wonder how long THAT is going to last?

Now, true to my word, I DID NOT show hubby the note....

But I did discuss it with him, in detail, and I may have said something on Facebook about it too...
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How old were your kids when (or if) they decided they would run away from home?