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Can't Fool Him
Even when he talks in code, I can usually figure out what Ethan is asking me. Most recently, he came into my office while I was working and asked me for his "pirate claw thing" and showed me his balled-up fist. "Huh?" I asked and then went back to work. He disappeared and asked me again when I was changing his little brother's diaper. "You know, the pirate thing, where I say aaargh and I can slice it all up. The hook thing." "Oh! You mean your pirate hook that goes on your hand?" "Yes, that's what I want. Where is it? Find it for me so I can play." "You broke it. It's gone." "No. I want it, find it for me, please." "You broke it. It's gone." "No, I didn't break it. Find it." "Last time I'm going to tell you. You broke it. It's gone." '"Oh yeah! Now I remember. I took the black thing that goes on your hand and I tore it up real good." "Yup. That's what happened." And then the cries began. "My hook. Oh, my hook. I want my hook. Please Momma, I want my hook!" "Sorry, you wanna make another one?" "Make one? How?" I figured I could make him a temporary hook with tin foil, similar to the kind you'd see in a cheap production of Peter Pan. As I pulled out a lengthy piece of foil, Ethan stood behind me saying, "Oh brother, this isn't going to be as good as a real hook." I kept pursuing my make-shift idea. Upon its completion I handed him the foil hook while he gave his lip a Billy Idol curl and said, "Yeah, that's not a real hook. I can already tell it's not going to be fun." "Sure it is. It's sharp on the end and it's sturdy." He took the hook and gave the dog a whack. She ran away in fear and Ethan replied, "Okay, this'll work."
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posted by
Christina
on Jun 24, 2008 at 09:54 PM
You are much more creative and motivated than I. My conversation would have had to ended at "you broke it, it's gone". Never would have thought of making my own! posted by
kevinmorrison
on Jun 25, 2008 at 07:10 AM
My lip instinctively made the Billy Idol curl when I read that line. Now I'm singing White Wedding posted by
We4do4H
on Jun 25, 2008 at 07:14 AM
Did he really break the first one? I've used that line on my boys when I've tossed out toys that I was tired of picking up all over the house, sometimes they were broken, other times they just got in my way and out they went. Do you do alot of creative things with the boys? posted by
Mom2CandC
on Jun 25, 2008 at 07:20 AM
Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A pirate's life for Ethan....poor dog! ;) Fast thinking saved the day! Although, I have to agree with Christina, I would have said, "You broke it, it's gone. That's all!" That has been the rule in our house for some time. Don't treat the toys with respect, if they break, they go in the trash. It has been great for getting the boys to actually take care of their toys they treasure and WANT! :) posted by
HeatherIjames
on Jun 25, 2008 at 08:17 AM
Natalie - I try to do creative things with them as much as possible. Especially in regards to anything piratey! I do love the genre. Two of my favorite things to do are to make a treasure map out of a trader joe's paper bag and to bury gold doubloons in the backyard. I got them at the party store for a few bucks. Ethan is always trying to dig up my yard anyway, so I figure it'll be more fun for him if he finds anything other than dead worms! I'll have to e-mail you a link to website I found about kid's birthday party theme ideas and crafts. We use that to come up with good ideas to mess around with during the day. Other than the treasure map, our favorite was the pirate ship we made out of sara lee sponge cake, a can of chocolate frosting, and some miscellaneous candy pieces. posted by
Mom2CandC
on Jun 25, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Another solution for those boys digging in your yard....in the evening when it's too hot to garden in the daytime, I let the boys help me plant new additions to our flowerbeds, bulbs at the right time, or pull weeds...finding worms is fun too! One thing we have always had is the metal Tonka dump trucks....the boys have had a ball loading them up wtih dirt, weeds - anything else to dump and trucking it to the green can. (They also are a ball to sit in and ride in down the drive way into the street....when it's cleared by mom or dad!) The buried treasure is a great idea too - we do something similar with the dinosaur bones fron the dollar store. posted by
bushelandapeck
on Jun 25, 2008 at 03:26 PM
That is just hysterical. Does the poor dog have to walk the plank, too?
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