Where Did He Come Up With That One?
March 15, 2010Does your kid ever come up with strange rituals? Mine has lots of them. I could go on and on about the rituals and “traditions” in our house, from insisting on having music playing while he falls asleep to the “naked baby march” (the march from Parker’s bedroom to the bath tub he insists on doing every time they get ready for a bath, and since it’s still so darn cute – and no one has peed on the carpet yet, we let them).
Last night’s attempt at a new ritual definitely goes down as one of the strangest so far. Xander usually manages to stay up 20-30 minutes after we put Parker to sleep. It’s his quiet one-on-one time, and he looks forward to it every day. Most days, he chooses to do a puzzle with either Zach or me. Last night, he had time for 2 puzzles. He did one with Zach, and then I helped him with the second (these were both floor puzzles). As we finished up the second puzzle, Xander asked us to sit on the puzzle with our legs crossed. He and I sat on one, Zach on the other. Then Xander asked us to lean forward in a huddle of sorts. Once we were all in position, the boy rips out the loudest fart possible.
Zach and I immediately pick up our heads, stared at Xander in a mild state of shock, and then burst out laughing (I’m pretty sure the tears in our eyes were from laughing so hard, not from the smell). I have no idea what was running through that boy’s head, but that was easily the wackiest stunt he’s pulled with us in a while. His antics further solidified my fear that I am completely surrounded by boys – loud, rowdy, entertained-by-bodily-functions, boys…
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I approve of this ritual.
I hope Sam starts a similar one in your house