This morning my daughter said she wouldn't kiss my husband goodbye because he wouldn't let her eat candy for breakfast.
Not one to be entrapped by the immaturity of a child, he fought back, "Oh yeah, if you don't give me a kiss goodbye I'm going to come to your classroom today in a clown costume."
My daughter is a little bit shy and I saw the fear in her eyes when he said it.
So did he.
Smelling fear, he went on. "And, I'm going to wear your pink superhero cape."
"And Cowboy boots."
"AND A SPEEDO."
"What's a speedo?" she asked.
He explained.
She laughed. She stopped. The fear in her eyes turned to terror. "No you're not, right?"
"I am." he told her.
She looked at me.
"I think he'd look good." I LIED.
She was clearly terrified.
"Don't." she said.
"A clown wig, a superhero cape, Speedos and cowboy boots." he told her.
She pulled me aside. "He won't, will he?" She was sort of begging.
"Well," I told her. "I don't think your principal would appreciate that, do you?"
She shook her head no but I could tell she wasn't sure.
Later, my husband DID have to go to the school and he DID wear a clown wig but he and I decided that Speedos would likely get his CORI revoked so that's as far as he went.
When he walked into my daughter's classroom with the clown wig she looked up at him, froze and then rolled her eyes.
When I asked her about it later she said, "I was a little bit embarassed but all I could think was 'THANK GOD HE'S WEARING PANTS.'"
That is hilarious.
Posted by: ColdBlooded | November 01, 2012 at 09:11 AM
AWESOME.
Posted by: Whitney | November 01, 2012 at 09:39 AM
it's all relative LOL!
Posted by: Mo | November 01, 2012 at 10:27 AM
I like that she didn't budge :)
Posted by: Bussetta (@_Bussetta) | November 01, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Puts it into prespective, I guess - immunizing your child against shyness with threats of partial public nudity. :)
Posted by: Kana | November 01, 2012 at 03:59 PM
LMAO! Hilarious!!
Posted by: Denise @ Musician's Widow | November 01, 2012 at 04:10 PM
That girl is going to go far. She knows how to keep her eye on what is important. And furthermore.....Candy for breakfast the day after Halloween is a kids birth right.
Too Funny!
Posted by: Katybeth | November 01, 2012 at 05:32 PM
Oh, I am going to love it when my kids are in school. So very much.
It's important to know that you need a very, very good idea for withholding a kiss - dad showing up in a speedo seems an appropriate punishment.
Posted by: DaddyRunsALot | November 02, 2012 at 08:54 AM
I was so hoping she'd just give him a damn kiss! Poor dad.
Posted by: Melisa @ just begin from here. | November 02, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Thank God he's wearing pants. Good thought.
Posted by: joeinvegas | November 05, 2012 at 10:34 AM