The midnight marauder...

Ok, actually we're talking about the 5:00 am marauder, the other night our son Connal got up early in the morning, maybe about 4:30. I was awakened from a sound sleep as he came out of his bedroom shut the door to our bedroom and proceeded down the stairs. For those of you who don't know us Connal has cerebral palsy and is physically and mentally impaired, (which rarely slows him down.) He often gets up before us and usually will go downstairs and turn on the computer and find a game to play or some such thing. (We have shortcuts on the desktop to cartoon network, PBS, and a few online game sites.) I could hear him going downstairs and muttering to himself as he does. I distinctly heard him say "Dude" and "where is everybody." And then silence. No video game sounds, no movement in the living room. So assuming he was going into the kitchen I thought it best to get up and see if he was hungry before he began pouring himself some cereal and milk.
(He usually uses a little too much milk.) Came around the corner and found him standing in the middle of the kitchen with a look of mischief on his face and holding a big wooden meat mallet in his hands. Told him "I don't think you need that." and took it away from him, he said "Thanks"
Later on I asked him what it was for and he said. "Zombies." It seems we have a zombie infestation in our house. We have an old root cellar in the back yard and Connal once told us it is full of Zombie Spiders and Zombie Bears. (We are beginning to sense a theme here.) Connal has had a zombie fixation since he was old enough to say the word. Connal's favorite holiday is Halloween, and often in the middle of December will point at the large posable spider we keep above our front window all year round and say "I want more Halloween." which means he wants Halloween decorations. (Sometimes we indulge him.) Just thought I would mention it. Now besides the Sandman, The Bladder Fairy, The Hunger Gnome and Peanut Butter Akka, we have Zombies. (And not just regular zombies, zombie spiders and bears.) And thats about it. Ciao for now.