Grand Theft Auto

So far this school year, C. has been making real strides to be a good boy. I started to brag. I got cocky. I felt like we had finally made it over the hump. WELP, I spoke too soon.

About a week ago as I was going through C.'s backpack I found a handful of Hot Wheels. I jumped his butt about bringing cars to school. I took them out and threw them into the pile of cars. I didn't think anymore about it. Until Thursday. The teacher approached me as I was dropping him off and said that there was a rumor that C. had "borrowed" (early childhood teacher speak for STOLE) some cars from school and did I know anything about it. I said no and turned to C. and asked him. He looked me dead in the face and said, "No Mom. I don't know anything about that." My heart so wanted to believe him. He wouldn't lie to me. He wouldn't. BUT my head said...he took them and now he's lying to me that little sneak.

Of course in the background, C's best friend (the snitch) yells to me, "HE IS LYING HE STOLE THEM!!" But looking at that little face and not wanting to believe that he would do it, I walked away and assured the teacher I would investigate.

Once home, I asked him again. "No Mom" was the answer. So, I tricked him. I used the tricks I learned from watching NYPD Blue. I got in his kitchen. I told him I needed to go look in his room for the contraband. "No Mom. The door is locked." We, of course have no locks on the door. Because we have 3,000 Hot Wheels and they all look the same to me, I got A. to help me. She loves to rat on him. Finally he confessed and handed over the hot Hot Wheels. I WAS FURIOUS!! I sent him to his room as not to kill him. J. came home and handled it by taking some of his cars. "YOU ARE BREAKING MY HEART!!!" was all I heard from our little thief. GOOD!!

So far on his road to the state pen, we have practiced our escape, proclaiming innocence, buckling under interrogation and finally confessing. By the time he is legal he will be well practiced. Hopefully he will learn not to pick friends who snitch.