He's thinkin'

So, we went out to eat tonight - my treat from the proceeds of the yard sale - and there was a baseball game on the telly. My Eldest Miracle spent the whole evening with his head on backward watching Ichiro and Jetter and who knows who else. When we were all done, he asked - more than once - for one parent to take the kids home and the other to stay at the restaurant with him so he could watch the game. Since Jeff needed to go back out to the farm and I can't split myself in two - though it would be wise to try, half of me could go running every morning and the other half could stay in bed - we proceeded to pay, tip and exit the restaurant.

Just as we were out the door My Eldest says to My Youngest Miracle, "Abby, do you need to go to the bathroom?" Now, you need to know that my youngest has a bladder of steel. There are days that she doesn't ever use the restroom from the time she gets out of bed until mid-afternoon. No matter where we are, I know she can hold it. So I was more than a little mystified at this suddenly over-attentive brother. Inevitably, by the power of suggestion, Abby started dancing and prancing and claiming, loudly, that she needed to go to the bathroom. It was truly a crisis. I could see that packing her into the car wouldn't be the wisest choice at the moment, so reluctantly I headed back into the restaurant and the restroom, with a pointed remark about the power of suggestion to My Eldest as I walked past him. That's when I noticed the grin pasted on his face.

My Farmer was the one who put it all together. I've got one thinkin' son. He figured out - all on his own mind you - that he could see more of the game if he could think of a reason to stay at the restaurant. Thus he suggested to his sister that she just may need to use the restroom before we went home. I should have punished him by making him go to the car, but instead I just let him watch more of the game while Miracle Number 3 and I visited the Ladies (you can tell it's the women's by the skirt) room.

Happy Tuesday. Jen :)