Spy Games

  Titus is at a lovely age.  He is nearly 6 and "hates" everything.  He "hates" dinner, his brothers, movies, toys, and especially me.  (This is just when he is upset and doesn't get what he wants, which is frequent at the moment) 

  Arthur has been very good about helping out in these hard times.  Arthur has told Titus that he is a real spy, and Titus too can be a spy!  They use pretend spy gear and make other gear out of sticks and paper as well. 

  So when Titus "hates" cereal, Arthur kindly pulls Titus to the side (because we do not know he is a spy) and tells him that he has actually replaced the cereal with spy bots.  Miniature robots that look like our cereal, and will help him through the day.  They will make him a faster runner and much better at karate!  Titus happily eats his spy bots with not another word.  Oh, how I love having imaginative boys!

   When Titus "hates" going somewhere, Arthur pulls him aside and tells him they actually have a serious spy meeting at _________.  (Where ever we are going)  Titus gets excited and loads into the van and we are on our way, with no other hangups. 

  Titus "hates" whatever seat we put him in, so Arthur convinced him that, it is not a regular seat.  This seat turns you invisible so you can sneak up on your enemy,  the couch is a teleporter, and the dining room chairs have force fields around them for protection. The fight is over..... for now.

   I am enjoying the spy games for now, and will be sad when they end and I am stuck trying to force Titus to eat, sit, or just exist in a harmonious manner.