Monday, January 28, 2008

A new wrinkle on an old trick

I am starting to wonder how much time The Son actually devotes to the different ways in which he can get out of school. I suspect the answer is A LOT OF TIME.

Last Wednesday, he somehow contrived to catch an authentic mysterious fever which no one else in the family either caught or passed to him, and which kept him out of school Thursday and Friday, which resulted in him not going to school for 4 days (inclusive of the weekend), and which somehow has given him the idea that he doesn't need to go to school anymore.

Anyway. So this morning, we encountered a fresh onslaught of anti-school resistance, with skirmishes at breakfast, butt-wash, diaper removal, diaper putting-on and some fake coughing just before we left (although there was a lot less fake coughing than we expected - perhaps that's a plan B or plan C).

We got him out the door with dazzling success - no screamy clinging to the door with neighbour peering through the keyhole. He even put on his shoes himself (!) with minimum fuss, only pausing to point out that Daddy was stepping on his slippers. The lift button was pressed, the lift arrives, we all step in, beaming and full of self-congratulation, until...

"Daddy, I poo poo'd. Must wash butt."

I cannot believe he actually squeezed a turd at the very last second as a delay tactic.

9 Comments:

At 11:26 AM, Blogger Indiana said...

~LOL~ You have to give the kid points for originality...but I wonder where this crafty nature comes from?

 
At 4:38 PM, Blogger JesuaFreak said...

10 points for the kiddo and 1 day off school for him...

 
At 12:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

seriously, anything wrong with the school?

 
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The last-minute turd symbolises his potential to be a great leader of the nation in future.

 
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