I had to leave him ALONE at home for about 45 minutes this afternoon. He never has to do this, because big brother is usually available to be in charge, but today big brother had to go to football practice, Kayla and I had to go to our farm, and Coop had to wait at home to be picked up for an afternoon playdate….
Me: Coop, you’ll be fine. It’s just for a short while, and I really need to run these errands.
Coop: Mom, I don’t like to stay here by myself.
Me: I’ll have my phone, so if the boogey-man comes, just give me a call.
Coop: No, I’ll just make friends with him.
Me: OK. Great idea. See you later.
Coop: Hello, this is Cooper.
Me: This is the boogey-man. Are you home alone?
Coop: Yes, do you want to be my friend?
Me: No, I want to gobble you up. Just kidding….It’s mom. Just wanted to make sure you were OK.
Coop: I’m fine, but I did see a blue jay in our backyard who looked a bit suspicious to me.
Me: Well, maybe that’s the boogey-man’s disguise.
Coop: Yeah….pretty sure it is. That’s the oldest trick in the book for boogey-men…disguising themselves as blue jays.
Me: Well, they do that so that they can sneak into the house through small spaces and then transform into boogey-men once indoors with small children.
Coop: I’ll keep my eye on him.
Me: OK. Well, we dropped Kory off and now we’re headed to the farm.
Coop: OK. Bye.
Me: Hello, is this the boogey-man? Have you gobbled up my son?
Boogey-Man: I was about to, but Cooper said that his parents wouldn’t care. In fact, he said, they wouldn’t pay one red cent for him.
Me: Oh! That’s not true, boogey-man! I would give all the money I had to save Cooper’s life, because he is the most awesome guitar-playing, story writing, artist, tennis player and cuddliest kid I know!
Boogey-Man: Well, that just warms my heart so much that I believe I will let Cooper go.
Me: Oh, thank you , boogey-man! Thank you!
Boogey-Man: Mom, did you leave the oven on for a reason?
Me: Yes, I’m baking apple crisp for dessert. Just leave it and I’ll take it out when I get home.
Boogey-Man: OK. Bye, Mom.
That is so cute MEL!! Thank God for our kids and their sense of humor!!
This made me smile. 🙂
awesome! this gives me hope that my younger middle child will one day grow up to make me smile and laugh more often!