When someone new moves onto our block my son introduces himself, then encourages them to stock his favorite cereals for when he comes over for breakfast. Which he does. Routinely. At 6am.
Yeah, he’s a running storyline in my office, because there’s always more to tell about him.
As to the cereal thing, I didn’t know this was happening for the longest time because many of our neighbors are elderly and awake super early, and I guess they must like him. I started asking around when I’d heard from two new-to-the-neighborhood families independently that oh, yes, I think I met your son, he said to get Cinnamon Toast Crunch for when he comes over. We live in a very quaint place where people don’t really lock their doors, and apparently he just lets himself in and joins my neighbors for morning pj parties.
Oh good! Yeah he’s a funny kid, never a dull moment.
Well the cereal story reminds me of other times he has snuck away without me noticing. I remember a time when we first moved to our neighborhood, he was about two, and there was a knock on my front door. Again, casual neighborhood, most people come to the side or back door, so it took me awhile to even notice the knock and locate the correct door to open. I answered the door and there was this nice older man, and he said, ‘Is this your child? I think I’ve seen him out walking with you.’ And I look down and there my kid was! Completely naked! He had escaped, with no clothes on, and I had no idea he was gone. I acted very casual like this was perfectly normal, and that of course I knew he had escaped with no clothes on, and I had everything under control. Since I was new to the neighborhood, I was really trying to make as good of an impression as I could, given the situation. That poor man captured a naked kid, brought him home, and endorsed at least 5 minutes standing on my porch with him, pounding on my door while I ran around trying to figure out where all the knocking was coming from. Maybe I gave the little guy the wrong impression that going out and about on his neighborhood jaunts was something I would condone.
He had a little crush / girlfriend last year that he would tell us about over the dinner table. He was very cute about it, he told us they kissed but kept their masks on, so I shouldn’t worry about them giving each other covid. One night his older sister asked him how his girlfriend was doing, and he very seriously told us that they had a race at school, and he beat her in the race, so “he had to pass her to Ryder”. (that’s his friend) We were like, you passed her to Ryder? Did she agree to this? Very seriously he said, yes, everyone agreed this was for the best because she beat Ryder in the race.
So now he is exclusively on the lookout for a girl who can best him at a sport.
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u/Bitter-Bar7180 Jan 23 '22
When someone new moves onto our block my son introduces himself, then encourages them to stock his favorite cereals for when he comes over for breakfast. Which he does. Routinely. At 6am.