Birthday present shenanigans
Isaac and his friend Ben have gotten into a lengthy game of sorts over the exchange of birthday presents. It is pretty funny.
It all started back in June when Isaac had a weekday-evening birthday celebration at the movie theater. Several of his friends didn't give him gifts because they forgot to bring them, or their parents didn't want them bringing the gift to school for fear it would get lost or damaged, etc. So the gifts trickled in over the next few weeks. I honestly lost track of who had and hadn't given Isaac a gift yet, and I think eventually he did too.
Then the new school year started, and one day I bumped into Ben's mom, who said something like "by the way, Ben keeps forgetting to give Isaac his gift, but we do have it for him." So I mentioned this to Isaac and told him that he should ask Ben about it. Isaac said, "but isn't it rude to ask someone for a present?" which made me think that I must be doing *something* right with this whole parenting thing. ♥ But I said I thought it was okay given the context.
So, a couple of days later, Isaac tells me that "Ben says that his mom gave you the present." I was like, uhh no she didn't. The next day, again, "Ben says that his mom really swears she gave it to you." At some point I was at the school and Ben actually came up to me himself and said the same thing -- that his mom had given the gift to me. I was quite sure she hadn't. Completely sure. 100% sure...but...well...wait a minute! What if she actually HAD given it to me and I tucked it into my purse and forgot about it? I was so confused.
And then a few days later Isaac announced that Ben had finally given him the present. WTF! So I was relieved that I hadn't had a total brain-fart, LOL.
Over the next few weeks Isaac kept telling me that Ben was still giving him crap about the present. Apparently Ben would come up to him and say stuff like "my mom says she gave your present to some random guy on the street who said he knew your grandma...." LOL
So when it came time for Ben's birthday party, Isaac knew exactly what he wanted to do. He got a card and wrote on it, "Dear Ben, my mom gave your present to your mom, Happy Birthday from Isaac." I had the present (tokens for the comic-book store) and gave it to Ben's mom, instructing her to pretend she didn't have it. She was confused -- apparently Ben hadn't told her about all this -- but agreed to go along.
A few days later I was at the school again and Isaac and Ben were together, and Isaac said "hey mom, Ben still hasn't gotten his present," and I said innocently "oh really? But I gave it to your dad and he put it in his pocket." Ben's dad hadn't heard any of my conversation with the mom, so I figured that would muddy the waters nicely. ;)
Last night, Isaac told me that Ben's mom must have finally decided to cough up the present, because apparently Ben came to school and said to Isaac, "so I was eating breakfast this morning and a portal opened up and some Comicazi gift tokens fell out." And Isaac concocted this whole story about his four-months-from-now self having built a time machine to come back in time and give Ben the present. Hilarious!
I love that Isaac and his friends are developing their own little in-jokes and pranks to play on each other. So fun. Can't wait to see what will happen on Isaac's next birthday. ;)
It all started back in June when Isaac had a weekday-evening birthday celebration at the movie theater. Several of his friends didn't give him gifts because they forgot to bring them, or their parents didn't want them bringing the gift to school for fear it would get lost or damaged, etc. So the gifts trickled in over the next few weeks. I honestly lost track of who had and hadn't given Isaac a gift yet, and I think eventually he did too.
Then the new school year started, and one day I bumped into Ben's mom, who said something like "by the way, Ben keeps forgetting to give Isaac his gift, but we do have it for him." So I mentioned this to Isaac and told him that he should ask Ben about it. Isaac said, "but isn't it rude to ask someone for a present?" which made me think that I must be doing *something* right with this whole parenting thing. ♥ But I said I thought it was okay given the context.
So, a couple of days later, Isaac tells me that "Ben says that his mom gave you the present." I was like, uhh no she didn't. The next day, again, "Ben says that his mom really swears she gave it to you." At some point I was at the school and Ben actually came up to me himself and said the same thing -- that his mom had given the gift to me. I was quite sure she hadn't. Completely sure. 100% sure...but...well...wait a minute! What if she actually HAD given it to me and I tucked it into my purse and forgot about it? I was so confused.
And then a few days later Isaac announced that Ben had finally given him the present. WTF! So I was relieved that I hadn't had a total brain-fart, LOL.
Over the next few weeks Isaac kept telling me that Ben was still giving him crap about the present. Apparently Ben would come up to him and say stuff like "my mom says she gave your present to some random guy on the street who said he knew your grandma...." LOL
So when it came time for Ben's birthday party, Isaac knew exactly what he wanted to do. He got a card and wrote on it, "Dear Ben, my mom gave your present to your mom, Happy Birthday from Isaac." I had the present (tokens for the comic-book store) and gave it to Ben's mom, instructing her to pretend she didn't have it. She was confused -- apparently Ben hadn't told her about all this -- but agreed to go along.
A few days later I was at the school again and Isaac and Ben were together, and Isaac said "hey mom, Ben still hasn't gotten his present," and I said innocently "oh really? But I gave it to your dad and he put it in his pocket." Ben's dad hadn't heard any of my conversation with the mom, so I figured that would muddy the waters nicely. ;)
Last night, Isaac told me that Ben's mom must have finally decided to cough up the present, because apparently Ben came to school and said to Isaac, "so I was eating breakfast this morning and a portal opened up and some Comicazi gift tokens fell out." And Isaac concocted this whole story about his four-months-from-now self having built a time machine to come back in time and give Ben the present. Hilarious!
I love that Isaac and his friends are developing their own little in-jokes and pranks to play on each other. So fun. Can't wait to see what will happen on Isaac's next birthday. ;)