under the fridge

is a goldmine some days.

 

today was one of those days for Madsen. 

 

back in the "perfection pieces days" (a few months ago),
we would look under the fridge and dishwashers
almost immediately upon noticing a precious piece had gone missing. 

and we would usually get lucky. 

 

not only would the missing perfection pieces be there,
but we would also find lots of other loot,
like legos

and (licked) lollipops

and Hotwheels

and gogos

and Boggle cubes

and magnets

and always lots of marbles and dust balls.

 

it's quite a task (as a 40 year old) to dig for gold under a one-inch height
holding a flashlight in one hand
and a broken wooden dowel in the other...
while laying on your side on a hardwood floor.

 

 

 

 

but Madsen is a great cheerleader
and the shouts of excitement that he exclaims
as he is reunited with his long lost friends
(today it was Idaho and Washington and Texas and California and all their friends)

makes the labor totally worth it.

 

until we have to do it all over again tomorrow...

when he "loses" his states again.