We go from best friends to worst enemies and back to buddies again around here with alarming frequency. (I’m talking about the boys, not me and Mark, for any of you wondering.)
The general pattern starts with Thomas asking Andrew to play something with him. Andrew, after he makes Thomas beg a bit, agrees. They play well together for some period of time before Andrew decides that he needs to do something to exert his will over Thomas, just to make sure that everyone is clear on Andrew’s self-designated roles. The first time or two that Andrew does this Thomas might just go along with it but eventually Thomas remembers he has a spine and offers up a little resistance. From here things can go one of several ways, but the endgame is always the same; Thomas ends up sort of taking it and Andrew is still three years older and three years savvier.
This little scenario played out here a few days ago and just as I was ready to jump in and defend my baby, my baby took care of it himself. He jumped up off the couch, approached Andrew who was sitting down and yelled, in his toughest tough guy voice, “ANDREW, DO YOU WANT A CHUNK OF ME? I DO NOT THINK YOU WANT A CHUNK OF ME!”
With that, he exited stage left and left Andrew speechless.
Bravo, Thomas. Bravo.
4 comments:
:-) :-) :-) Priceless! That reminds me of some of the "You are not the boss of me!" comments that I've heard around our house in the past.
I knew this day would come!
Go T!
I, for one, do NOT want a chunk of T when he is in that mood. No sir, not me. You go, Thomas! Power to the youngest sibling :)
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