Joshie's Blackout

Yesterday afternoon I had the following conversation with Josh:

Josh: How do I make the basement darker?

Me: Turn off the lights.

Josh:  Merrffghh! (That's the sound he makes when he's annoyed.) I mean, how do I make the window dark?  How do I stop the light from coming in?

Me: Why?

Josh: Because the Halloween lights.

(We put some Halloween lights up the other day.  The kids like running around in the basement with just those lights on.  Spoooooky!)

Me: Um, well, no. There aren't any curtains for the basement windows.

Josh: Why not?

Me: Because it's the basement.  And because we've been in this house for 3 years and I still don't have anything on the dang kitchen window, let alone the basement.

Josh: What?

Me: Nevermind.  No, there's no curtains.

Josh: What about my blanket?

Me: No.  It won't work - there's nothing to hang it up on.

Josh: Can you help me?  Pllleeeeaaaase?

Me: I'm sorry, no.  I'm right in the middle of making dinner.  See?  Maybe later?

Josh: Merrffghh.

Josh goes downstairs and I figure that's the end of it.  Lance comes home, goes downstairs, and comes back up.

Lance: Um, were you helping Josh with something downstairs?

Maren: What?  Oh - did he try to hang a blanket up?

Lance: This is better.  It's pretty impressive.

Maren: What'd he do?

Lance: It's better experienced in person.

So I went downstairs.

Lance was right.

Josh is awesome.  I'm impressed with his neat stacking skills and ingenuity.  Get that boy on a game of Tetris.