Dinosaurs

One of my favorite things to do is to eavesdrop on a game the boys play with Bruce called Dinosaurs (as in, “Papa, do the dinosaurs!”). They usually play it in the morning just after waking up. Bruce magically turns each of his hands into a dinosaur — Nice Dinosaur and Mean Dinosaur. (As an aside, Mean Dinosaur sounds exactly like Dick Cheney. Well … like Jon Stewart’s impression of Dick Cheney actually.)

They often like to bring toys in so that the toys interact with the dinosaurs. Today, Finn brought in his stuffed puppy, Ruffy. I overheard him introducing Ruffy to the dinosaurs and then explaining to them that dogs wag their tails and it means they’re happy. Then, because he didn’t want the dinosaurs to overhear, he whispered to Bruce, “Papa, I’m pretemming that he’s wagging his tail.”