Star of the Show

Secret Agent Man has always been very adamant about choosing his own clothes to get dressed.  Even at age 2, he had to choose which truck shirt he would be wearing that day.  It was mainly his choice in shirt that concerned him until about a year ago.

That is when he became obsessed with sweatpants.  He wanted to wear sweatpants everywhere.  We finally made the rule that sweatpants were for the gym and home only.  Not for school or visiting friends.  He didn't like that very much.

Fast forward to today.  He has since changed that obsession for sweatpants to basketball shorts.  No shorts that zip or button.  No shorts that have any kind of structure.  You know sweatpants - except shorter.  

As he was getting dressed one morning last week, I noticed he had paired a pair of red and blue Mario Bros. patterned (basketball) shorts with an off green Perry the Platypus shirt and black Darth Vader slipper socks.

Normally I wouldn't care because it's summer but, with him getting older I just want to give him some tips about dressing so that socially he isn't teased or embarrassed.  

Our conversation was very casual. I told him that he should pick one item of clothing to be the star of the show.  One pattern with corresponding color on top or bottom, etc.  You know, just the basics.  He said okay and found a different pair of basketball shorts to wear with Perry.  We went on with our day and I didn't think about it again.

Until this week.

He was getting dressed and thought something was just not quite right.  He looked at me and said

"Who's the star of the show?". 

 I was like "HUH?".  I did not remember using this phrase so I was totally lost.


He then explained that he would be getting those Darth Vader socks out and putting them on so that they could be the star of the show.  I finally got it and laughed thinking how cute that was.

I didn't think he would use it again.

Wrong.

Last night before bed I got some clothes together for Secret Agent Man's big day at work with Special Agent Dad.  I pulled out school clothes that he hasn't worn since summer started.  A plain brown polo and a nice pair of striped brown gap kids shorts that I thrifted.

He woke up this morning, went in to the shower and scolded Dad for not giving him a "wake up call" for work, took one look at the clothes I had laid out and said very loudly (waking me up)

"I can't wear that to work!  WHO'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW?".  

Surprised, I laughed under my breath in bed, eyes still closed.  I said "I really wanted to focus on you since it was a special day, I didn't want the clothes to outshine you, you are the star of the show.".   He did not like that very much.

What did he want?  Patterns, a Character on the shirt?  Maybe something obnoxious? (btw, he told me I was obnoxious two nights ago).   

He finally left for work, wearing the clothes I had picked out.  He only threateningly raised his fist once at a promise from Special Agent Dad (the instigator) that the green striped European style undies he wore under his shorts were the star of the show.

Let's Talk: What is the funniest thing someone has ever called you?  Obnoxious is pretty funny!

  

Cars, Pools and Secret Agent Tools

We had the leased car inspected this morning.  The lady who came to do the inspection LOVED agent 00Dog; she gave her a lot of scratches and rubs.

Just what this hound wanted for her 6th birthday.

6 year old Staffy - Happy!

The inspector found a few scratches from the garage door scraping the back bumper (oops), a few dents in the trunk AND a HUGE dent in the roof.

I think I know where it came from.

The Peacock Did it!  You never know with these undercover  espionage experts!

A few months back, secret agent man went through a training regiment that included scaling the cars in the garage every time he got access to them.



Either that or Special Agent Dad using the car instead of a ladder to program the garage door opener.


We will never know.

We later headed to the YMCA.  I had a quick workout while Secret Agent Man went to the kids gym.

He has his own tab that allows him to purchase snacks.  Yes! Might as well just give him a credit card.

I watched a bit of the movie Red Tails while warming up in the cardio theater (A full movie screen with surround sound and a line of cardio bikes, treadmills and stair climbers) 


Here's the trailer:

After our workouts, we had lunch in the dining area, hit the pool, practiced back floats in the salt water, spent a lot of time in the whirlpool that has a constant circular current and then got out because there were 10,000 kids in lifejackets bashing into me (the only adult in the water).  

We also worked on a special project for Superheros for Sam.  This is for a little guy at Children's Hospital in Wisconsin, he is being treated for Leukemia.  We sent him a special photo for his campaign: Photo Project for Sam 

 We didn't really have any superhero themed shirts or costumes so Secret Agent Man and I thought these Lego Hero's with a nice note would be a lovely substitute!  

We had a nice walk after dinner for 00Dog and the chapter Fever and Ague from Little House on the Prairie before bed.  That led to a lecture about vaccinations.  I'm sure Secret Agent Man was fascinated.  

I actually reminded him how he spent his charity monies to buy a ten year old girl Aminata, a malaria net through See Your Impact .  This charity is great because it actually shows the donor who their money went to.  It took him ten months to earn enough ($10) to make this purchase.

Aminata with her net.  Isn't she lovely!

Tomorrow is a big day!  Secret Agent Man is headed to the office with Special Agent Dad.  He's been working on his Secret Agent exercises in preparation.