So a few weeks ago we were at target to pick up a few things. I remembered while we were there that my hubby's birthday was coming up soon and we should pick him up a card.
So there we stood, the 3 of us staring at the vast arrangement of birthday cards. Teighan is now reading so he could find the DADDY cards, and was looking through them. Takoda thinks she can read, and would bring me just any card and say this is the one. One was for Uncle, one was from the dog, and one was get well...so I let Teighan pick the card he read. Very simple one that said Happy Birthday to the Worlds Greatest Dad.
Takoda immediately threw a fit, "why cant I get him a card too?"
"Well you both can make something special from you to put with the card, ok?"
"Like what?", Teighan said
"Anything Daddy likes, you can draw him a picture or...(got cut off)
Teighan as loud as he could, MAKE HIM A GUN! Daddy likes guns, we could make him a gun.
"Or you could draw him a gun, I suppose"
No we will make him a gun, well, Im not sure really how to make him a gun, OH OH OH we can make him a sling shot.
Now Im thinking, are these people around me hearing this, will DFS becomeing to get me in a minute. Is it wrong to talk about guns? Wait did he say slingshot, how does he know about slingshots, does he know about the rubberband and 2 pencils...OH GOD.
Ok, well lets go.
So we leave target, get home and we are still on the gun and slingshot idea. Both kids go to their legos to start making guns, and they do, they make amazing gun prototypes with their legos.
Now Im not sure if I have mentioned this, but my son is the son of a cop, and so therefore he is obsessed with Cops, Firemen, military men all of that stuff. On the other hand he also really loves his comics, but most comic or super heros have a weapon.
You can not wear anything that resembles a weapon to schoool, you can not bring any toy that has a weapon or looks like a weapon to school, I wonder if he mentioned guns or slingshots at school if I would get a call home.
His 100day project(idea thought of with his Grandma) was 100 handcuffs safty pinned to his Dad's old Police work hat. To make handcuffs he put 2 key chain rings together. Looked pretty cool, but I did worry if he would get in trouble.(He didnt thank goodness)
He did take in a helicopter early in the school year, a helicopter. A transformer helicopter but we made sure the guns were off and it was in the helicopter mode not the robot or alien mode. It did have a trigger...I didnt think of this. When the trigger was pulled it made the blades on the helicopter go around. He DID get in trouble for this.
So how do you crush the dreams of a young boy, I just let him be. Look at what he brings into school, dont buy him superhero shirts unless they have NO WEAPONS on them and when we are at home, if he wants to play with the guns, or pretend to be a cop or robber...then I just let him be.
But do you remember the days of BIG DOG shirts or The 'Johnson' shirts...
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