The last two days have featured a glorious spring warmth and sun that has landed JT outside each afternoon.  On Friday, I joined him outside, reading on the back deck.  He was involved in one of his imaginary games and I was instructed to ignore him.  It's a little hard to ignore your 9 year old as he runs through the yard with a collection of sticks, assaulting (or fleeing) his imaginary foes, but I did my best.  And then he came behind the big tree, nearly flush with the deck, and stood there silently, less than four feet away from me.  After a few minutes of him standing there in silence, I spoke to him.
Mama:  Hi there.
JT:  I was hiding, you know.  Now they will catch me and kill me.  It will be your fault.
Obviously, this incident may qualify as my most serious parenting error
 
 
3 comments:
Clearly, he shouldn't have pointed out that you exaggerated the threat from Iraq. There had to be backlash.
I love little boys and their games, but why does someone always have to end up dead? I don't remember my friends and I ever playing a game where someone ended up dead. Boys. . . gotta love them and their testosterone.
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JT is hilarious! I always find myself laughing out loud at your "real life conversations"!
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