Durham the DRAGON

I really love it when my kids use their imaginations and I try to appease them when ever I can. The girls are always pretending that they are babies or princesses, mermaids or even cats! I remember Ashley would pretend she was a dog so often that I kept two little bowls on the kitchen floor for her to "eat" out of, one for water and one for "food"--usually a cut up cosmic brownie, evidently dogs LOVE brownies?!?

Anyway, the other day Eric and I were in his office and Durham came in with what I thought was a new role play for his imagination:

Durham: "Mom, does my tongue look like a dragon tongue?"

Mom: "Let me see...(he sticks out his tongue)...Oh, yes! It looks just like a

Dragon's tongue!"

Durham: "Do I look like a Dragon?"

Mom: "Well,...(mom inspects very closely)...oh yes, your eyes look just like Dragon

eyes! Oh you MUST be a Dragon!"

(DURHAM LEAVES THE ROOM)

(MOM IS VERY SATISFIED THAT SHE JUST MADE HER SON'S DAY)

(DURHAM COMES BACK MINUTES LATER EYES FILLED WITH TEARS)

Mom: "Durham! What's WRONG???"

Durham: "Why do I look like a DRAGON???"

Mom: "Oh, baby, don't you want to look like a dragon?"

Durham: (through tears) "No, I don't want to be a dragon! My tongue looks like a

dragon tongue!!! (more sobs)

Mom: (very confused) "Durham, wait let me look again...(inspecting even more
closely) wait, look at Mommy's tongue, it looks like yours, and no you have blue
eyes like Mommy, turn around, (Durham turns) oh now I see, you don't have a
tail, you CAN'T be a dragon!!! You look like Mommy! You are Mommy's
BOY!!!" (Mom gives him a big hug)

Durham: "Dad, IS MOM A DRAGON!"

Dad: (laughing hysterically) " No, son...well, only ONCE A MONTH!"

Mom: (NOT laughing--gives Dad VERY dirty look)

Durham was finally satisfied enough to continue his play, as a BOY, but now Dad was left in the office to fend for himself with Mom the DRAGON!!! :)