Day 31 - The Stand In

Because my sister was off work today - and because it was raining at the time - I called her to see if she would come hangout with Summer & Owen while I went to pick Ethan up from his doctors appointment.

However, to spice things up I decided to tell the kids we had forgotten to get Ethan...and that we couldn't get him back until Monday...

All hell broke loose.

Owen had a "Holy crap...OK let's figure this out" approach.

Summer went nuts and kept yelling "We gotta get him!"

Then Tica came in and I revealed the joke...

Fast Forward a bit and I pick up Ethan...Tawanda asks if I was taking a nap because I'm 7 minutes past 12...

Hilarious joke Tawanda. No, seriously I'm still laughing.

We get in the car before Ethan realizes the other two aren't with me...at which point he asks...and I act incredulous as I "realize" I left Summer & Owen at the house...

He's pretty calm but concerned and keeps asking different questions:

"H-H-H-Hey Bictor...did you close the doors?"

"OHHH man no I forgot...I left EVERY door open!"

"OH NO!"

I don't feel like this response is passionate enough so I start really selling the idea that Summer & Owen may have been abducted...

(And if you think this makes me a bad person...Sorry, deal with it...It's all in good fun)

So now I'm pushing how its highly likely the other two are gone...I'm asking him what he and his mom & dad will do now...Whether he'll move into a different room and play with their toys...Basically, anything to make him think

"Holy crap I might be living alone"

He's buying all of it...And then he drops the golden nugget:

"DAMNIT BICTOR!" as he slaps his knee.

I tried to be tough and tell him not to say that word...but I held it together like Jimmy Fallon used to do on SNL...so in other words I was laughing the whole time...

I don't know where he heard the word or how he knew when it was appropriate to use it...but the thought of his brother and sister being abducted led him to react like a grown man...

Fantastic stuff...