A Gift from my mother......

My mom always gives the best regalos! 

One day I had gone out with my parents.  Upon returning we were all standing in the driveway talking to my sister-in-law, her parents, etc....  The Mexican and I live next door to my brother.  It's great having my cunada,brother and mis sobrinos next door.  Ok, so we were all outside talking.  My son said he was going inside our house to use the bathroom.

All of a sudden my son comes running back outside screaming, "The house is on fire!  The house is on fire!"  We just all turned and looked at him ,(no smoke, no fire alarm) laughed a second, then continued talking.  I thought, I better go check this out......  grabbed my son's hand and we walked inside the house.  Once inside.......yes! i smell smoke!  OH NO! i see smoke!  OMG! is the house on fire????

There is The Mexican waving a towel around  trying to air out the kitchen.  He has the back door open, windows open, but the smoke is still everywhere!

Lately, The Mexican has been making these OUTRAGEOUS tostadas!  I've been raving about them so much and had asked him to make some.  He left oil heating on the stove (for us women, we know better....... i'm gonna cut him some slack, because in all honestly he only knows how to cook one or two things)........

This is what i smelled........  This is what I saw.......

 My poor microwave melted.  This is actually a cleaned up pic!  A pic after we had removed all the melted plastic that was just hanging from it.  The oil that was left on the stove heating caught fire and The Mexican not knowing what to do (pour flour on it) had to fight the fire bare handed!  I think he ended up grabbing towels, grabbing the sarten by the handle and throwing it out on the back porch.

He had some minor burns, nothing serious enough to be treated.
He was a tad embarrassed.  I kept his secret.  I didn't make a big deal about it.  We can buy another microwave.  I still wanted to eat tostadas.....

Christmas came and when it was time for The Mexican to open his gift........ here is what my querida mother gave him........................................................................................

I wish you could have seen the look on his face!

A cute little fire extinguisher!  Perfect for the kitchen y mi Mexicano!  He hung it up inside our pantry door.  Easily accessible! So, his secret is still safe.  Although......... i think he may have a hint I told his suegra.....