Maple Syrup and Monday.

I, being one of alliteration's biggest fans, have aptly named [most of] the days during the week to indicate what we'll be doing for the night. This was a creative way for me to address the rigidity that is my youngest son, who not only puts the H in adHd but also has trouble modulating sensory input.

Tub Tuesdays and Thursdays were born out of needing a way to set his expectation that I would in fact be performing an exorcism on those nights that required I douse him with water while he screamed "it buuuurrrrrns" while flailing about.

Fort Fridays and Wii Fit Wednesdays are our fun nights where we build a fort for watching movies and compete in Wii downhill skiing, respectively. These were designated so that he would quit asking to build a fort and play the Wii on multiple days of the week: "No silly, Wii Fit is for Wednesdays." It works, don't judge me.

I have, however, never been able to come up with something suitable for Monday. Tonight, the young spawn asked why we didn't have something for Mondays. I told him that I couldn't figure anything out. He thought a moment, then declared, "I've got it. It's Maple Syrup Monday. We eat waffles today."

And so it is.

All hail the Maple Syrup Monday!