I'm not completely a bad parent, though. Sure, I put "kick me" stickers on my oldest kid instead of a pat on the back, but I also do fun stuff.
Like teach him how to do magic. Both my kids, actually.
I've got remote-control key fobs which activate various christmas lights around the house. I've taken to shouting ShaZam!! and pointing at the appropriate lights to turn them on. Then a quick Abracadabra!! and they are off.
Now, anytime Max says ShaZam or Abracadabra, poof! the lights go on and off. It's been days of fun.
I even have a magic lock word which keeps the lights on (or off) so I can leave the room without Max wondering why the magic isn't working.
Liam, the 2-year-old, has taken to flinging his finger and shouting to turn the lights on and off. Very funny. And fun for them.
See? I'm not all bad. Better yet, I added more lights on a different circuit, and now we shout (I swear, I just typed "shit" instead of shout, very Freud of me), ahem, now we shout SwizzleSticks! to turn those on and VroomBa! to pop them back off.
I love the holidays. Favorite effin' time of the year!
Posted by BilFish at December 1, 2006 07:13 AM