Me: "Are you sure you don’t want just a few new things to wear when school starts tomorrow?"
Boy Wonder: "Um, no."
Me: "So, you’re telling me you are OK with going to a new school in ratty old clothes?"
Boy Wonder: "Oh! My clothes are not ratty. You are just saying that to try to get me to go shopping!"
Evidently, he’s on to me.
UPDATE: Apparently, boys do
like to shop. Just not for clothes. Who knew? Presently,
Boy Wonder is sitting on my bed marking up his new Fall Lego
Catalog. Soon, it will be chalk full of "yeses" and "nos" for all the
things he wants (or doesn’t as the case may be). Including a
complicated scale to indicate which piece should be purchased over
others because, "I know you won’t buy me everything in this book–and I
wouldn’t want you to buy the wrong thing or anything!"
Sheesh. As well, I’ve just been informed that he would like
an "All Lego
Birthday and Christmas." The kid’s getting an early start it
seems. Lest you think he is completely selfish, you will be happy
to know that he just picked out a $70 toy for the kid across the
street. Ha ha ha haa ah ah *snort* ha ha ha ha.
