Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Dad Apprentice?

Tonight I heard "you'll never guess what your son is doing!". I turned around to see him crouched in a little ball, holding his hula hoop around him. He announced "I'm Saturn!". Not ten minutes later, he told David he was replacing him. Apparently Dennis had been climbing on his back (David was sitting on the bed) and jerking David's head around. David told him to stop and Dennis got mad and ran to the door to leave the room and suddenly stopped, turning his head to look back over his shoulder to declare "Dad, you're fired!" before walking out. Dennis told me "I fired him so he's not my dad anymore. Can we find a new dad?". After pointing out many of the virtues of the one we had before he was fired, Dennis announced "Dad, you're hired now--that means you're free from being fired." I'm so glad.

Lastly, after we'd put him to bed, he got right back up and walked into our room with Froggy. He told us "Froggy is mad at you, at both of you." I asked why. He said "because you're about to get mad at me." I had to laugh. We do get mad when he gets up when he's supposed to be sleeping. He and Froggy returned to bed. I hope they fall asleep soon.

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