The birthday card

Received a lovely birthday card Friday from the In-Laws. It had "Little Einsteins" on the cover and sang the "Little Einsteins" theme song. Almost as fast as it was out of the envelope, the children claimed it as their own and it was gone.

This morning, I reminded the children that it was my card and I'd like it back. Later today, Matthew came downstairs with the card. In his "chastising" voice, he informed us that it was in Allison's room and he asked her to give it to him so he could bring it back to Mommy. In his next breath, he said "Can I look at the card?" "Yes, Matthew", I said. And he ran off. When I saw him again, I asked where the card was and he informed me that it was in his room and "can I keep it for a while?"

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A few minutes ago, I went upstairs from my office to get something in the kitchen. I came downstairs to the strains of the "Little Einsteins" theme song. The card is back. I have no idea how it got on my desk since both children have been down here with me and hadn't played with it the whole time they were down here. We'll see how long I get to keep it.