West Cocoa Chat

I was reminded of one of the classic movies, "Ace Ventura - Pet Detective," this past Friday. As I walked into our kitchen from our garage, I heard a voice say, “Dad, Dad, don’t tell Mom.” I was willing to comply with this voice but I had some issues:

1. There was no discernable body with this voice.

2. The voice reminded me of the scene where Ace’s Landlord walks up behind him after Ace has tried to allude him due to being behind in the rent, and says, “V-e-n-t-u-r-aaaaa.” Ace answers, “Yes, Satan.”

I didn’t want to answer in the same way but I was clueless as to the location of this voice until the bi-fold door opened to reveal my son who was up to one of his favorite games, “Lets Scare the Mommy.” Steven has played this game since he was knee-high to a Radar O’Reilly Grape Ne-Hi. Now as he has gotten older he has perfected his art.

I assured Steven I wouldn’t give his whereabouts away to which he smiled and closed the bi-fold doors. My wife walked into the kitchen, asked me if Steven had arrived home yet, and then received the usual high-pitched yell that is Standard Procedure when we play “Let’s Scare the Mommy.”

I know there are times when this game aggravates my wife but I know it will be one of the things she will miss if Steven leaves for college next year. How about that for the question of the day – Is there something a loved one (yes Greg, you can include Chipper) does that drives you crazy and yet you know you would miss it if said loved one stopped doing the annoying act or moved away?

Names will be changed to protect the innocent should someone need blog (does that even exist?) anonymity.

// posted by cwinwc @ 7:33 PM