Embellishments

Cayden has become the master of tall tales.

Here's how it began this afternoon:
Mom, I'm totally not making this up. Last week, no wait. Wait. The week before the week before last, I saw a swan. It was actually a trumpet swan. You didn't see it because it was way far away.

After this story, he began to tell me about the mouse trap in the boys' bathroom at school. Apparently, the custodian came in wearing gloves and a helmet and set the trap. Later the mouse knocked the trap into the toilet and caught the cheese as it came flying off.