The four of us were at the family reunion on the Oregon coast. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was on TV one night, so the kids all gathered around to watch, Justin and Ethan among them. When the movie had ended, Ethan came to my wife looking stricken.
He was terrified that he was beginning to expand and turn blue. Apparently, the fate of Miss Violet Beauregarde was too much for him to handle. Ethan continued, frequently, to ask us if he was turning blue. Of course, Justin was only too delighted to tell Ethan that he was and to ask him if he was getting bigger each time it seemed as though he had forgotten to be worried.
Big brothers are turds.
In order to get Ethan to sleep that night, Ashley had to dig up a pocket-sized mirror from her purse for him to take to bed so that he could wake up in the middle of the night and check to see if he was turning blue. He kept asking us if his face was blue for the next couple of days. At first it was funny. Then it was sad. I couldn't help but poke fun.
In order to get Ethan to sleep that night, Ashley had to dig up a pocket-sized mirror from her purse for him to take to bed so that he could wake up in the middle of the night and check to see if he was turning blue. He kept asking us if his face was blue for the next couple of days. At first it was funny. Then it was sad. I couldn't help but poke fun.
- 22 June 2008
