We go to pick up Ethan from his exercise session. As Summer, Owen and I walk up I see Tawanda poke her head out of a different door and tell me to come in there.
Immediate thought: "Uh Oh"
We walk in this other door and two women are waiting to talk to me. Tawanda is not one of them.
I'm not happy because Tawanda is a very pleasant lady. I am now fully aware that they have sent in the Bad Cop/Bad Cop team.
Ethan is ecstatic to see us all and he throws down a round of hugs. These women are giving me the eye...and not the "hey come talk to me" eye...its the "Ive got something to say why don't you listen up" eye...I hate this eye.
The smallest chick tells me Ethan was extremely sassy today. Sassy always makes me laugh because I think of him saying things like "Oh no you didnt" and other funny comments I picked up from watching BET at night.
They go on. I realize this wasn't a "haha he was sassy" its "Hey we're telling you this so you'll go tell his parents and hopefully this will not happen again."
They do not know about my blog. I shift into "half listening/half taking mental notes for blog" mode.
She proceeds to tell me this is the sassiest he has ever been. This makes me laugh. Again, sassy is a funny word.
However, not knowing what I'm supposed to do about this I figure I should at least act like I care about what this lady has told me. So I go down to Ethan's level and we have the following discussion:
Me - "Hey man, were you sassy today?"
Ethan - With a huge smile "Nooooooo"
Ladies - "ohhhhh really"
Me - "Peanut Gallery - shut it. I'm trying to handle this. Don't make me get sassy on yall."
Me (now to Ethan) - "These ladies who I dont know said you were bad...Why'd they say that?"
Ethan - "I dunnooo"
Me - "Well, you did something...What happened?"
Ethan - "Nooothin...Can we go get a slurpee"
Me - "I dunno now man, you just got in trouble. And now I'm in trouble. Remember, slurpees are for when you guys are good"
Owen (to Summer) - "I dont think we're gettin slurpees today Summa"
Eventually, Ethan admits that he was a little bit sassy. I tell him to give these two ladies a hug and say he's sorry. He does. They're now cool.
Ethan will have no trouble with the ladies when he gets older...
We leave. Everyone wants to know the status of the Slurpee trip. I explain that from now on slurpees will only happen if EVERYONE IS GOOD.
However, because I have already opened Pandora's box, I have to deliver and so I say OK...With the one caveat that I cannot promise what flavors will be available and if anyone cries inside 7-11 or gets upset with me we're out of there. I say I need them to help me and ask if everyone understands...
Owen - "Yeah (to his siblings) we need to help Bictor because he's trying hard to babysit us"
This comment has just made me so stoked...I don't know if he's playing me or not but I dont care. I soak up the recognition. I think I opened the sunroof so I could pump my fist properly.
7-11 is remarkably tame. We make our selections
Summer choose Babana.
Ethan gets a blue drink that I am terrified of because the label said something about Mountain Dew...
Owen settles on the Peach Mango...He's very cultured
We are now home. They have all tried Summer's babana...They all would like Babana in the future.
Kids have some gross taste buds.
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Oh my gosh, this was one of the best posts so far! I love the visual I got after reading the part about the "fist pump" through the sunroof. I can also picture Ethan and Owen decidedly agreeing that they all want Babana next time. Hysterical. Keep em' coming!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, Victor, I know we'd get along if I only knew you... I was telling Kristin & Thomas just last night that I find the word sassy (in most any context)totally hilarious. Glad you agree. Doesn't everyone? Sassy.
ReplyDelete-Krissy Hudson (friend of Kristin's many years before she was a Pace)