Out of Reach

There are a few things that every mother needs.

Among the most important things is a very high shelf.

One that even mischievous and motivated little boys can't reach.

I've got one.

It's where I store my machetes, chocolate, repossessed toys,

and dangerous objects that happen to "wander" in 

(oh, and a fair amount of dust)

Here's a list of what's currently atop my very useful, very high shelf:

*  See those two cars? 

Death to those cars. 

I think they will go from the very high shelf right into the trash can.

2 boys + 2 cars + wood floors = obnoxiously loud noise

*  1 baseball bat

*  1 hammer

*  a few beads

*  2 flashlights

* 1 baseball

*  1 wrench

* 1 pirate costume

*  1 screwdriver

*  1 magnetic chore chart

*  About 3 billion chore chart magnets

*  1 light cover - we need to be able to quickly access the light bulbs in the boy's room for those nights that they keep turning the light on...

*  Our wedding book.  (Our wedding book?)

Weird.

*  Brooklyn's plaster foot and hand prints.

*  1 box of prizes for good behavior

We could seriously do some kind of phychological analysis on that list of stuff...

All we're really missing is a moldy chicken nugget and a weapon of some kind.

We'll have to work on that.

For the record:  I don't actually own a machete

and I definitely don't keep my chocolate up there. 

I mean, I don't want to have to actually get a stool when I need chocolate -

that would be way too much work.