Sebastian is my five-year old and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people.
We found out the night before that Sebastian had a school show the following day. Unfortunately, he also had a dentist appointment at the same time. When asked, Seba said he really did not want to miss the performance. His class was only going to sing one song in the show, however, and canceling the dentist appointment would cost us $25, so I had a brilliant idea:
Me: “Sebastian, if you go to the dentist instead of the performance, Mommy will take you to Target and you can have $10 to spend. Do you want to do that?”
Seba: “OK! Will we go to Target right after the dentist?”
My wife then waved to me and took over.
My wife: “Sebastian, if you go to the dentist instead of the performance, I’ll buy you a donut.”
Seba: “Ooooh, donut! Deal” And then he ran off.
My wife: “Just saved us $9.”
the drunken cyclist 
**34 dollars she saved I believe.
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Well, $24 total, but $9 more than my plan. In the end he went to his show and we paid the fee to reschedule the dentist. He has both my wife and me wrapped around his little finger…
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Hahaha that’s awesome
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Maybe you should not tell this to Sebastian, but usually when I sit at the dentist’s chair, I have a different expression in my face. And I enter the place kicking, screaming, and demanding some laughing gas otherwise I shall not sit still.
Yeah, I am the Queen of all Drama Queens… 😉
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Ha! Yeah, I don’t think I am going to tell him that!
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Awesome! Way to go Mom!
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She gets that a lot….
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I hate to say this…but I think I like Sebastian a little bit more than I like you…
That being said, we should try and meet up while I’m still in Philly!
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Get in line. When we go to visit any relative on either side, out of the four of us, I am a distant fourth on who people want to see.
We should certainly try to meet up! When do you leave?!?
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Haha!
My lease runs out the end of July, so maybe then, although I have a summer job through August with Temple, so I should be staying with a friend through that month.
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Let’s plan on something! I am off to California on Tuesday, then back for a few weeks, then gone until October. Early August?
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Has this happened more than once, or is this a repost, or am I completely mistaken?
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I might have posted it on FB already…
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Too funny. I wish my 20 year-olds were so easily fooled.
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We have no idea what we are going to do when it no longer works on him!
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The way to manipulate every boy, fully grown or not, is through their stomach.
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Sad, but true….
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