Rhett(3) has been nurtured to be a force.
A force to be reckoned with.
From birth he has been negotiating, manipulating, cajoling, and consoling. He has learned to be loud to be heard. He has learned to push harder to be noticed. He has learned to be fast to keep up.
And really, up to this point it was all about keeping up. Keeping up with two older brothers who hung the moon.
Until today.
When he fired them.
Obviously, he wasn’t pleased with their performance because he whirled around, looked up, pointed and yelled, “You are fired”.
I thought it was a pretty good scene. They WERE being pains. I would have fired them too if I had thought of it.
At dinner, Rhett was finishing up his meal and looked me square in the eye and said, “Mom, if you don’t give me dessert, I am going to fire you“.
What?
We then discussed the family organizational chart.
We then discussed the pros and cons of firing mom.
He then retracted his statement and left the table without dessert to search the house for the cat…
who has a work record worthy of his firing.
A little too much Apprentice? 🙂 Rhett is awesome
Hahaha. I love your blog!
firing is an option. ok, this changes everything.
Assertive independence – sounds great to me! After a cat is fired, does it ignore you more? 🙂
I’d love to be fired for a day or two…the kids would probably like it for the first half a day or so. Right up until my husband forgets to feed them.
If he has this Trump complex, does that mean he has lots of properties with the name Rhett on them all mortgaged to the hilt and is absolutely flat broke and has to pay alimony to his brothers and the cat?
I weigh pros and cons of firing you every time that I consider it also.
Nice. A future Donald Trump he is- weighing values, looking at key elements of his game. I’m proud of that kid. Excellent post.
He sounds like a fireball! That kind of tenacity will serve him well in the years to come. I admit…there are times I’ve thought of firing my kids. I just knew I couldn’t afford to pay their unemployment. 😉
Excellent! Nothing like raising the future Donald Trump. Maybe you’ll score a sweet penthouse – if you play your cards right.
Sweet boy.