cold day

today hayden had a cold day from school. not a snow day. a cold day. when i woke up it was -12 and that was without the windchill. apparently most places around here were between -25 and -30 with the windchill. monroe was at -38! so that equals no school for over 100 school districts.
hayden has not been to school on a friday since before christmas break. he had a snow day on the friday that was to be his last day of school before break and his streak has continued. i realized he won't go to school on a friday at all this month as next friday he has off for teacher records day and the next friday he will be going back to the dentist to have a tooth pulled and some cavities filled. friday is his library and show and tell day but he hasn't seemed to mind having those days off.
yesterday we went out to a few stores and when we went to target i stopped by the toy aisle to see if they had marked anything down further. mainly this magnext icoaster that hayden had asked for for christmas. it was the one thing that he commented on on christmas. "santa didn't get me the magnet roller coaster!" no, santa did not, because said magnet roller coaster was $90.
i had noticed target marked it down the other week but it was still $66. so yesterday i saw it and it was down to $22. so hayden used some of his birthday and christmas money to buy it.
when dave got home and after we all ate dinner last nite, we all headed to hayden's bedroom so that we could set it up. he was able to play with it for a bit before bed. and when he went to bed, we took out the power supply to ensure he would not be playing with it when he should be sleeping.
so this morning at 7am he comes into our room saying "mom, it's 7 o'clock. so i can play with my roller coaster now, right?" so off he went to his room to set it all up.
i got up around 7:20 to find that he was dressed, but had not eaten. so he headed into the kitchen for some breakfast asking me "do i have school today?" and at that time i thought he did. so he says "ahhhh. but i want to stay home and play with my roller coaster!"
i head downstairs and check my email and find that he, in fact, does not have school. when i told him this, his face lit up and he said " i told you i didn't have school! no wait. no i didn't. but now i can play with my roller coaster!!!" it was the perfect day for him to have an unexpected day off.
at noon, he was still in his room and i called him out for lunch. he told me he was setting up a new one and he would eat when he was done. at 12:40, he finally came out.
this is the greatest toy EVER!!!!!