Funniest Moment Essay

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Yesterday was one of the funniest afternoons, I've had in a long time. After a hard day at the office, I walked in the house to just sit and spend time with the family. The kids were off in their little corners playing with star wars figures, legos, and video games, and Jamie was sitting on the famous "Green Chairs." We had about 5 minutes of un-interrupted talk, when one of the oldest came in with his Christmas list. "I can't wait to open presents at Christmas." To which both of us just rolled our eyes. It's really hard to teach kids about the real meaning of Christmas when everyone is vying for our money, and gifts, and all the traditional stuff. (but that's a different story.) So a couple of minutes into "what am I getting for Christmas" the 4 year old walks in and is kind of moaning and crying a bit. He tries to mumble something in that awful 4 year old "someone hurt me/so you need to pay attention to me" voice, and instead of giving sympathy I said, "Buddy I can't hear you when you whine." Well, he unloaded. He told me of all the ways his brothers and sisters just wouldn't listen to him. They weren't letting him play. They were just walking away from the computer without showing him how to work it. And so on.... Well it all came down to the fact that the 4 year old wanted to watch a video on YouTube, and the 10 year old said it was "inappropriate." (Kudos to the oldest) But the 4 year old just couldn't understand why his brother wouldn't help him get to the video he wanted to watch. It was quite an ordeal. Arguments starting to form. Emotions starting to rise... And then all of the sudden the four year old drops his voice into a "James Bond" type of sound, clinches his fingers into a fist, and says solemnly, "that's it, I'm gonna punch you." The 4 year old walks over to his brother, and we intercede before the WWE breaks out in the

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