Today Paul and I got to hang out since Kristen is volunteering in Megan’s classroom.
It’s always for to have "boy time" in the McLane household as I will readily admit that I’m not home as much as I’d like.
We started off with a movie. But A Bugs Life ended up being too scary for him so he lost interest. About 30 minutes into it he decided that we needed to go somewhere. He told me (get this!) to get the keys and get in the car.
I was bored, so I was game for Paul’s adventure. We got our shoes on and I kept asking him, "Where should we go?" He just told me that we would talk about it when we got in the car. So, boys buckled in and car started we sat in the driveway and the guessing game started. "Where?" Somewhere. "Somewhere where you buy things or somewhere where you play?" Buy stuff. "What store should we go to?" I don’t know. "Do they sell food?" Yes and other stuff. "OK, tell me what that place is like." You drive there and you walk around in carts and look at stuff. "Is it Meijer?"No, somewhere else. "OK, is a place near here?" I don’t know. "What do you like to buy there?" Well, they have some things that you buy that if they are on sale mommy will buy but only when it’s on sale. "Oh, so there is something you want daddy to buy?" Maybe if it’s on sale. "I see." (Thinking of all the things a 3 year old may want to buy. By this time I’m just driving and not sure where we are going.) Not really frustrated I just told him where I thought we should try. "Do you want to go to Kmart?" I think so!
So, this is when I realized I was being set up. He had seen something with mom and mom had told him, "Let’s wait until it goes on sale." Paul had decided that this minute was the time to cash in because daddy is a softie. (It’s a shame that they already know this about me!)
As we got in the store he made it clear about the cart thing. Then we started going through the store and I had no idea what he wanted. Torturing him, I skipped the toy aisle. But he didn’t care! So, we headed towards the back of the store and he started to talk about Halloween candy. Two seconds later, we were at the Halloween aisle, completely snookered by a 3 year old I knew he had set me up. He said, "Look daddy, they have Batman costumes, maybe there is one in my size this time." Uh-huh. Yeah, I walked right into his evil plan.
So, we got the costume… and since I was getting the wool pulled over my eyes he scored a Sprite and some chips too. Mom came home and I was left sitting here… completely bamboozled by a 3 year old.
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