Henry's had his eye on a certain Lego product for a while now: a speedboat with an A printed across its noble prow (or whatever you call that part). He's determined he must have it, his precious "A-boat", and spent several minutes salivating over it in the toy aisle with me while Ben snuck off to covertly buy Henry's presents. He is, of course, getting this for Christmas. What kid wouldn't want a Lego set that comes with a cool speedboat, a damsel in distress, her daring rescuer, an evil genius ala Jaws from the James Bond movies, and sharks with frickin' lasers attached to their heads. The other day Henry decided that he must have the "A-boat" right away without delay. I explained that Christmas was coming really soon and that he'd have to wait and see if Santa brought him what he wanted. Henry by virtue of being a kid, decided this waiting stuff was for the birds. So ensued an hour-long debate, Henry pro Get the Lego set Now, me on the opposing side. An approximation of how it went down:
Henry: Mom, I'm stuck on the A-boat.
Me: That's great, Henry. But you have to wait until Christmas.
Henry: Hey, I got it! How about we buy it!
Me: (Suppressing laughter because he's so dang cute) We're not going to the store today. You'll have to wait until Christmas.
Henry: I hate Christmas! Christmas blows!
Me: Seriously, you can't say blows. You say that again and I'm banning the Simpsons. (I've already banned Family Guy.)
Henry: Okay. Sorry. I hate Christmas!
Me: You don't hate Christmas, you hate waiting for Christmas so you can get your Legos.
Henry: Mom, you've got one choice (holding up two fingers). I get the A-boat or you get in trouble!
Me: Sustained Laughter.
And so on.
Henry has decided the worst thing in the world to get for Christmas is socks and underwear. I keep threatening to get him some if he doesn't stop whining about the A-boat; that usually shuts him up. It's nice to have a verbal weapon other than the threat of time out or spanking.
While Ben was napping the other day I whispered to Henry, "What should we get Daddy for Christmas?"
Henry whispered back, "Underwear!"
2 comments:
Awe.some.
You are in trouble if you are having discussions like this when he's only 4.
FG is banned, always was because even though J watches it late at night, I'm shocked by some of the content (and I swear I'm not a prude) but it is like a siren to Bo, he cannot resist thinking, talking, trying to see, ANYTHING about it. In some ways, I find that very funny. But mostly I'm appalled. Especially if he ever quotes Stewie.
Sarah ~
That is "precious"!!!!! You really write things very well by the way! Christmas blows. Now THAT beats all. As Art Linkletter (sp?) :o) says, "children can say the darnest things"! SO true. Henry is really getting his very own, unique personality and I LOVE seeing it unfold!!! Not much longer and his suspense will be "relieved". Poor fellow!!!! :o)
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