2-Mommy, 0-Sneaky Kid
Sep 9, 2008 Parenting
I love being a parent. I really love watching my kids learn and grow to be these functioning members of society. To know that because of my guidance, my kids will make the right decisions most of the time is beyond rewarding. But with any job, the added perks make it that much more rewarding to put forth the 110% effort into.
Wait, what?? There are added perks to parenting? Of course there are! Any seasoned parent knows that beyond the reward of your child’s successes comes the perk of catching them in the act of something sneaky. Bottom line, children are intelligent little shits. They, just like most of us adults, revel in pulling something off.
Even the littlest defeat is a win for the child. Unless, they are caught off guard.
*insert doom-filled parent music*
Case-In-Point:
Rewind to yesterday. Mommy (me) had to take the day off to car shop because of the stolen vehicle incident left over from the weekend. It took longer than anticipated to get our asses out of the house (thanks Charli) so Mommy and Dad decided to go and surprise Xavier at school to get him out a couple of hours early. That way we didnt have to risk him being home alone if we were not finished as quickly as we would have liked.
So we roll into the office and have him sent down from class. The first thing I noticed was the fact that he was not wearing the brand new Nike’s that Dad had bought for him for his birthday. He was wearing some random pair of Jordans that didn’t even match with what he was wearing.
Me: “Who’s shoes are those?”
X: “Anthony’s.” (his best friend)
Me: “Oooooh. You are so busted.”
X: “Are you gonna tell dad?”
Me: “No. You are.”
X: “But, Uh, I trust Anthony to take care of my shoes so we traded.”
Me: “Save it for Dad.”
We head out to the truck with X’s head low and my smile beaming. I was stoked to have caught his ass in the act; totally off guard and just plain busted. I could see his brain moving, trying to come up with the best reason possible to have needed to trade his new shoes for his friends. Little did he know that his excuses didnt matter. His plan to switch shoes on the bus, and act like nothing ever happened was spoiled. Even better was the fact that his partner in crime had no idea that X was gone for the day. So not only was Xavier busted, but I was almost positive that his parents would not appreciate this sneaky shoe trade plan either.
Obviously, the very first thing D noticed was the shoes. All X could muster as an explination was that he “trusted” his friend to take care of them. D interrogated and grilled like he always does, sending X deeper and deeper into the hole he dug with his excuses. Finally, after an “I’m disappointed in you” comment from his dad, he just put the verbal shovel down and gave in to his being wrong. (and, being just like his mother, I am positive it was one of the most difficult things he ever had to do.) I can only imagine how his bff felt when he was frantically looking for X at the bus stop, attempting to trade back shoes before he had to go home as previously planned.
And, just as I predicted, we received a knock on the door shortly after we got home. BFF’s mom was just as pleased as we were to see her kid wearing someone elses shoes. He didn’t have time to react either, being that she was home to greet him at the door to his surprise.
2- Mommy, 0-Sneaky boys.
It is these small victories that make being a parent so worth every minute.
Are you a parent? Do you have any of these little triumphant victories to share?
Do you remember being a kid, and being totally busted by your parent like this? Share those too!
Tags: best friends, excuses, kids, lies, mom and dad, Nike's, plans, surprise
