What parent hasn't heard this one before?

BB has taken a liking to Scooby Doo. And out go The Wiggles. I'm a little devastated. Slightly.

He no longer wants to be a Wiggle when he grows up. He wants to be Shaggy now. I don't know if that is better or worse, really. He no longer wears his green Wiggle clothes every day. Now he wears brown pants and a green short sleeve shirt- why? Because that's what Shaggy wears. He wants to watch the only Scooby DVD we have over and over and over. He wants to have a Scooby Doo birthday party- one with a Scooby cake and a Scooby candle.

And now...you know what he wants????

A DOG!!!!

He asked us the other night, in the sweetest little voice ever: "Can I have a dog one day? A real dog. One like Scooby?"

Me: "You want a dog?"

BB: "Yeah. A big brown one. One that is really soft. I want him to be brown with black spots. And a blue collar. And big brown paws. And I want to name him Scooby.'

Big Daddy: Who's going to feed this dog?"

BB: "Me. But I don't have any bones. Do dogs like bones or cereal?"

Me: "Dogs eat dog food."

BB: "Like brown cereal? I don't have any."

Me: "Well, you have to buy it."

BB: "You can buy some and I will feed him and give him water. I will do all the things for him."

Big Daddy: "Who's going to take the dog outside when he needs to go to the bathroom?"

BB: "I will. I will do everything he needs. Ok, Daddy?"


Of course you will BB. We believe you.
Pretty sure kids have been making this promise to parents for thousands of years.