At 4:50, the brother's Mom received a phone call from the aforementioned Dad. What time did the party start was the question. Mom looked at the invitation and gasped. The party time was in military time, which means the party started at 1430 hours, which meant 2:30, Dad had to explain to horrified Mom. Then really-less-than-excited Dad had to explain to crushed brothers that they, gulp, missed the party.
But heroic Dad came to the rescue. "We can go to the mall!" "We can get a treat for you!" As an aside, this is from Dad who doesn't see the Brothers all week because he works in a different city right now. So keeping the peace and seeing his sons happy is important to him.
Two hours later, happy-again brothers come home with their treasures. Big Brother bought baseball cards and proudly showed off his Yankees Mickey Mantle and Derek Jeter. Little Brother came in with not one, but two Wall-Es.
Mom looked at frazzled Dad and was about to ask why? but Dad quickly explained that there was a sale. Two for the price of one and a half or something like that. Smiling wide, Little Brother explained that he was giving one Wall-E to his soon-to-be-excited Cousin from Canyon. Mom was touched. Dad was just glad they were home.
A few days later...
Little Brother decides that he wants to keep both Wall-Es. They are both cute. They would miss each other. They both love Little Brother. He begins to place them side-by-side whereever he sits: at the breakfast table, on the couch, in the car. No amount of pleading will convince Little Brother that he doesn't need two robots who look exactly alike.
And now, Wall-E #1 and Wall-E #2 are apart of the family, evening joining in on family activities:
They even beat us at Sorry.
Big Brother said, "I can't believe I got beat by a pair of stuffed robots." Little Brother danced happily away with his Wall-Es in his arms.
The End ?
*If this post seems familar to you, it is. What can I say? My kids love things in multiples.
4 comments:
Who would use military time on a kids' birthday party invitation?
The robots are very cute. I can understand why Noah wants to keep them both!
I agree. Granted, some people would know without thinking about it, but I probably would have read it as 4:30 also.
i agree. I probably would have read it as 4:30 also.
The robots are cute. Poor Canyon cousin who won't get one!
Sorry for the double post. I didn't think that the first one posted, and then I changed it anyway!
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