Last week Matt asked if we were busy on Sunday. I said we weren't, which made him quite happy since he and klepto had worked out a plan which involved me dropping Matt off at a shopping mall that is about half way between our respective homes. So, I said Matt could indeed hang at the mall with klepto on Sunday. Except, in Matt's plan I brought him to the mall, he hopped out of the truck while it was still rollling and I magically re-appeared (probably while wearing a yet to be invented cloak of invisibility) when he was ready to be escorted home upon completion of his romantic rendezvous.
In my plans, the whole family packed into the car and gave klepto the once over both at drop off and at pick up. To make things even more humiliating, my plan included the 4 auxiliary family members wandering the same mall as Matt and klepto at the very same time and maybe even breathing the very same recycled mall air and also possibly sighting the two love birds as they flitted from one mall emporium to the next.
Evan had me cracking me up in the car on the way down. Thinking (plan ahead!) that Matt was going to be mortified when klepto realized that Matt was not hatched directly from an SUV and was instead an actual family member with parents and siblings (a liability) I turned to explain to the liabilities that if they said anything at all to klepto it should be "Nice to meet you" OR "Hi, I'm Evan!" But Evan had his own ideas, and in his best Martin Lawrence does Big Mama voice Evan kept saying over and over "Hey klepto! Looookin' GooOOOOoood!" and I couldn't stop laughing but Matt was laughing too and even though Matt claimed that he did not prepare klepto for meeting our very special little Evan he said that he would not, as I feared, actually die from the embarrassment if those words did leave Evan's mouth.
But we were late for the movie we wanted see so we ditched Matt hoping he could find klepto on his own, and didn't see him until four hours later. Once Matt turned the corner with klepto I knew I had nothing to worry about, because there before me stood perhaps one of maybe four existing in the garden state 17 year old girls who are actually more innocent and as inexperienced as 15 year old Matt. Also, when he kissed her goodbye he kind of missed her cheek and half air kissed and half hair kissed her. I'm not proud, just relieved.
What did Matt and klepto do for the 4 hours? Well, in addition to the disney store (where she bought a giant stuffed Eeyore) and the pet store (where she bought two finches in a cage) they went to the build a bear workshop where they built their very own child-bear. They gave him two hearts. (Aaawwww!) They gave him over-alls and and air bath. They adopted him together and plan on sharing custody. Matt took the first turn. When Evan took Beary Manilow (No, Matt does not really know who his adopted son is named after!!) out of his comfy little cardboard box in the car and Matt reprimanded Evan and Evan came back with "But Matt! I'm his uncle!" God, I loved Evan today.
wait, if they created the bear did they get to name him or did he come already named? Or is that just what you guys are calling him for fun? Like the name though. and i heart Evan. although i heart all your kids.
Posted by: Laura | September 07, 2008 at 10:59 PM