Funny yet aggravating

So I wasn't quite in the Christmas spirit this year. I got there (sort of) but I think with all our illnesses leading up to the holiday, I wasn't as joyful as years before.

So today I took the tree down. Not because I am a Grinch, but because I couldn't see my family room floor and that huge tree was taking up too much toy space.

So as I am working, Will asks if he can call Grandma. I went through the basic questions as I always have to because he doesn't give much detail.

Which Grandma?
Grandma MacCudden
Why?
Because I love her.
Okay find the phone ... and I go through the series of numbers to reach her. No answer.
Another number mom.
Try the cell phone then ... give that number.
Answering machine ... and this is Will's message to his Grandma MacCudden

Hi Grandma its me Will. My mom is taking my Christmas tree down and I am really sad. (The rest I didn't quite hear because the steam was coming out my ears from the top of the ladder!) Okay, call me back!

He hung up and I raged on about I thought you called because you loved her and why are you tattling on me for taking my tree down.

Needless to say his tears started to roll down his little face and I felt horrible.

5 minutes later my BFF calls and says she took hers down yesterday. I replied, " I should have had Will call you ... he wouldn't have gotten any sympathy!"