Doorknobs can hold a small child, right?

Well, he's in tears right now. I'm just sitting here sipping my coffee and finishing my sudoku after finally catching that elusive, dastardly mouse in Mallory's room when I hear the famous, "Matthew Raymond Beard, don't you ever do that again!" As Michael rounded the corner, I asked if I wanted to know what that was about. A very quick, "No." But then he goes on anyway. Apparently, we were standing on the doorknobs while Morgan moves the door back and forth all while avoiding the ceiling fan. Now I had the ceiling fan installed where the boys wouldn't likely hang from it getting out of the bunk beds, but I guess door acrobatics just somehow escaped my imagination. I've found over and over again that girls and boys just don't have the same imaginations. Although Mallory also surprised me this morning. Morgan found a tick and normally flips out over ticks, but this time held his cool while Matthew got it wrapped up and flushed. Meanwhile, I was praising Morgan and under my breath made a comment about being glad it wasn't a spider. Out of the blue, Mallory said, "Do you know some spiders can get this big??" Mind you, I had no desire to see how big her informant had told her spiders could get, but I did thank her for changing my entire mood and perspective for the day. Normal response, "WHAT??" Then Daddy comes back holding his hands out to his sides and repeated it. My family just loves me. They could really save all this for the second cup of coffee. I wasn't even all that thrilled about taking care of this mouse before coffee, but I let Matthew do most of it while I watched, so at least I know he can handle it without me next time. Next time. Ugh.