Family Night Fiasco

MY CRAZY KID

So last week for family night, Tessa helped Tyler prepare his lesson. They worked really hard on it and even practiced in Tyler's room a couple of times. Tyler told Tessa, "this is going to be the best family night I've ever given!"

The lesson was about holding to the iron rod. They got out a long rope but left it on the ground. They wanted to demonstrate that it's much easier to get where we want to go if we hold to the rod (rope).

Tessa tied a blindfold on Tyler, spun him around and told him to walk across the room. He practically ran head first straight into our big TV, knocking over one of the huge stereo speakers, which hit the wall so hard that a huge vase/flower arrangement came crashing down on his head. This hurt him and shook him up, poor small feller. I guess you could say he really figured out how damaging it can be to not hold to the iron rod.

Tessa felt awful. I comforted him, but it was so hard. Maybe you had to be there, but the whole scene was so funny. While everyone else was laughing into their sleeves I had to keep it together. I gotta say, it was really hard not to bust up laughing.

Needless to say, we didn't end up finishing the family night lesson. Tyler was NOT happy. It's one of those moments we'll retell and laugh until we cry someday, but that day won't be anytime soon for Tyler.