It's Good To Admit You've Been Outwitted, Right?

I've never played an April Fools joke on Alexis for one very good reason:

She's smarter than me.

I have absolutely no doubt that the victim would grow to be the teacher and I'd get a swift lesson about paybacks being a bitch and such.

Conveniently enough, Alexis reminded me of why I don't prank her on April Fools Day on April Fools Day. The husband was headed to the hockey game, so she and I found ourselves in the car right around the dinner time. I gave the kid the choice of eating out or making something at home. She really, really loves me, so she picked eating out.

Except, she didn't just pick eating out. She suggested we eat at the new ice cream place kind of close to our house. It's sort of a diner/ice cream place, so it wasn't the worst idea ever.

"You know you have to eat real food before you have ice cream, though, right?" I told her.

"OF COURSE I know that, mom," she replied. The way she said it made it sound like I had asked her the most obvious question in the whole wide world.

So we drove to the place and stood looking at the menu. While I considered all of the options, Alexis turned to me and said, "I bet you have a lot to do tonight, mom."

"I do, yes," I told her. "But I'm glad we get to hang out for a while," I continued.

"So what I'm hearing," she started, which, HOLD ON, INTERNET. SHE IS 8. I've spent the past fifteen years of my life trying to train grown-ups to use phrases like that during effective communication classes. It's mission impossible. OR NOT, BECAUSE MY 8-YEAR OLD GETS IT.

Anyway.

Alexis said, "So what I'm hearing is that I should order a healthy dinner AND a milkshake right now so that we can get home earlier."

Who could argue with logic like that? I mean, really. Of course I had to go with the ice cream getting incorporated into dinner itself.

She ate two bites of her salad and drank her entire milkshake. Because of course she did.

Like I said, I don't play April Fools Day pranks on Alexis because she's smarter than me. A LOT smarter than me.

Comments

[hellohahanarf]

dude. i don't even have kids and i saw that one coming. there is no way you didn't!