Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tales from an Alternate Universe

Yesterday morning it became time for Dylan's swimming lesson. I could hear Dylan playing in his room so I called after him letting him know that it was time to get his swimming suit on. I heard a gasp, scuttle and then silence. Silence is a bad thing at our house, so I went to see what was going on.
I encountered this:


...and no Dylan in sight. Then I heard a little giggle from the recently emptied toy cupboard; which upon inspection revealed this:


When I asked him, Dylan explained that the hand prints (which he made super early in the morning without permission) were meant to scare me because it was a sort of indicator that he had been kidnapped to an alternate universe. Apparently the toy cupboard was the portal from which he returned.

Lately Dylan has developed quite a penchant for trying to get a dramatic reaction from his poor mama. This is only the latest in a string of pseudo disappearances or death scenes orchestrated for my benefit alone. I must say that it's been a good practice for me because I no longer experience chilling panic when I see Dylan prostrated out on the floor; I just assume he's going for the "reaction thrill" once again.

I really must give him some serious props for his creativity with this particular scenario however; what a genius wee rascal my son is!

5 comments:

  1. That is so cute!!! Oh how I miss my imagination...
    You do every now and then give him the reaction he is trying for though don't you??? I mean imagine the reaction you would get if you let out a blood curtling scream because your son is "dead" or "gone". Hehehehe!

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  2. That's very, very cool. Chilling.

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  3. In all honesty, I was a little freaked out at first. It was just not something you expect to see when you walk into your 6 year old's room. Dylan does have quite an imagination!

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  4. What an enchanting imagination! Do we perhaps sense the next M. Knight Shyamalan in the making? ;)

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