the Zack-inator and other tall tales

My house is infested with little superheros. I thought by having all boys I wouldn't have to deal with "dress ups" but I was wrong. The other day, I sent the boys upstairs to change into their pj's. I came up a few minutes later to find them like so... not exactly what I call pajamas. They all received a harsh spanking and were sent to bed without any rice pudding.

(lucky for me, Darth and Spiderman weren't wearing their masks-- so I could tell which one was which..)

Zack is, has always been, more into superheros than the other two. He is constantly saying things like, "If you touch this button, I will have heat vision." I can get him to do anything if I ask him to use his super-strength or flying powers.. so I don't mind so much. The other day, he told me to call him the Zack-inator. I asked him if that was his new code name. He looked at me and said, "Nope. It's my USER-name." Hmm. If only I knew his password...

The kid is so talented on the computer. He can type a handful of words-- most of which have to do with superheros and all of which get Googled. I am going to need to get a parental computer blocker soon because you never know what your three year old is gonna find on his internet searches. The other day, he asked me if I wanted to play Super Smash Brothers with him. I declined. Then he said ever so encouragingly, "Come on, Mom! I'll go easy on ya!"

Yesterday, Zack kept talking about wanting to be an Asian. I heard him say it over and over until I finally asked him if he knew what ASIAN meant. He was so disgusted that I even asked. And then in a teenager-kind-of-way he said, "I want to be an agent-t-t-t. You know, like with a T? I don't even know what an Asian is!" Mystery solved.

He is really coming along with his letters and always wants to know how to spell everything (which, frankly, is quite annoying.) But apparently, he isn't so good with his numbers. The other day, he wanted more than one cookie. I told him no way. He started to negotiate and I told him he could have ONE or ZERO. He looked at me and happily said, "Zero." After a long pause he said, "Mom, is zero a lot?" Ben and Luke thought that was hilarious and have teased him about it ever since. They keep telling him if he will do something they will give him zero ______. He quickly learned how much zero isn't.

Although Zack is often center-stage, the older boys still make me laugh every once in a while, too. A couple of days ago, while grocery shopping, I noticed Ben and Luke standing inches away from the yellow onions. Both of their faces were practically planted. I walked over and asked them WHAT they were doing. Ben announced to the entire produce section that if you stare at onions for a long time, you will start to cry. Gullible Luke could have been there all day, with his eyes wide open. Oddly enough, not one tear was shed.