DADDY I WANNA GO TRICK OR TREATING.
Kidd-o, it’s 9 o’clock in the morning.
WHEN CAN WE GO TRICK OR TREATING?
In about ten hours.
TEN HOURS!!?
Yes, not until dusk.
YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING!
/an hour later
DADDY I WANNA GO TRICK OR TREATING.
Kidd-o, not until the sun goes down.
/an hour later
DADDY I WANNA GO TRICK OR TREATING.
Where is the sun, kidd-o?
IN THE SKY?
Yes.
WHEN CAN WE GO TRICK OR TREATING DADDY?
When the sun. Goes down.
/an hour later
DADDY I WANNA GO TRICK OR TREATING.
Sam-o, not until it’s almost night.
WHEN WILL THAT BE DADDY?
Much later; after dinner.
DADDY?
Yes?
DADDY?
Yes?
DADDY!
What!
CAN I HAVE DINNER NOW?
No. It’s lunch time. What would you like for lunch?
CAN I PLEASE HAVE DINNER FOR LUNCH, DADDY?
No.
CAN I GO TRICK OR TREATING?
No.
I DON’T GET TO DO ANYTHING!
Do you want to watch more Johnny Test on the BluRay?
YES PLEASE.
You bet. Two episodes.
THEN CAN I GO TRICK OR TREATING?
/an hour later
DADDY?
Yes?
DADDY?
Yes!
DADDY!
What is it Samster?
IS IT DINNER TIME?
No and before you…
WHEN IS DINNER TIME?
Five o’clock.
CAN I GO TRICK OR TREATING AFTER DINNER?
Yes.
DADDY?
Yes?
DADDY?
Sam-o, what?
DADDY!
Yes?
UM… CAN I GO TRICK OR TREATING NOW, BUT ONLY FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND PUT THE CANDY AWAY AND I’LL FORGET I HAVE IT, AND THEN I CAN GO TRICK OR TREATING LATER AND PRETEND I HAVEN’T GONE ALREADY?
That’s a really good thought-process!
SO CAN I?
No.
YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING!
Want to do some art-stuff?
YES PLEASE.
Like what?
CAN WE DO A PAINTING OF YOU NOT LETTING ME GO TRICK OR TREATING?
Why do I want to believe Sammy’s enthusiastic logic is a result of genes passed down to him by his father?
Did this go on, or was that the last time he asked?
Next, tell us about picking out a costume.
My kids were the same way.. PESTERING me all day, and then, once we started trick-or-treating, the 11-year old was RUNNING to each house and after an hour the 13-year old was dragging his feet saying, “I have enough candy, do we *have* to keep going? I’m thirsty. I’m tired (whine whine whine)”. He was dressed as a rather scary zombie, I think he was tired of making all the little kids cry (no joke).
-Del
I approve of the costume >_>
Ha ha ha! This post could have been written by me- sounds like my two kids!
I find your child humorous. Someday I hope to have children that are as tiring yet adorable.
That brightened my day. Thank you.
Thanks for the laugh. Your son sounds precious (and persistent)!
that is the best costume i have seen, to many transformers this year. nothing beats good old school nintendo char.
3: such a mean father, not letting him trick or treat before the houses on his block were prepared!
I wish I had an awesome yoshi costume.
I lol’d
“Henry says:
November 1, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I find your child humorous. Someday I hope to have children that are as tiring yet adorable.”
this ^^
Hehe your lil guy sounds a lot like mine! Drive ya nuts but you’ve gotta love them.
We found a easier distraction. At least for a couple hours. We waited and also due to her being at her dad’s, but we carved pumpkins. Since its a very SLOW process for a 6 yr old to carve and gut a pumpkin it prevented her from asking for 2 hours when her dad was going to be there so she could go trick or treating. Something to keep in mind for next year. Now we have the issue of after every meal and between meals. Can I have some candy? NO
This sounds hauntingly similar to the entire week prior to Halloween in my household.
We had a fall festival at the church that I attend. It was a blast. However, the aftermath of the sugar intake was not pretty for my five-year-old. We all learned a valuable lesson the next day about the effect that sugar overload can have on hypermotility of the GI tract. Needless to say, she has sworn of candy, but I expect that to last until the next time that she is presented with a candy acquisition opportunity.
Hee, our daughter had her Tinkerbell costume on at 9am, but thankfully, did not pester us for the ENTIRE day… only parts of it… ::grin:: She had a great time.
I have solved this problem the past two years by searching for a mall which holds special Halloween festivities Saturday morning / early afternoon.
The kids burn energy for one hour or two and are receptive to my asking them to conserve their remaining energy for the evening.
It sure beats having the boys asking the same question over and over again all day.
Kids have perfect logic and error catching.
They are also perfect interrogators. The military should emply them. They will repeat the same question over and over until they crack you. They will find the weakness and get the answer they want.
I need to emply their methods when applying for my next pay rise
Do we get to see the painting of you not letting him Trick or Treat?
Tooo precious! Thanks for sharing Daniel. 3 little ones of my own