Chatting with the Nate-dog

While I was in Las Vegas during the new year, I spent some quality time with Nate, my best friend's 5-year old son, playing some serious Lego Star Wars II. I unlocked most of the characters and opened all the levels so he could play whenever he wanted and he wouldn't have to commit more than his tiny attention span could allow.

Little did I know that he would fall in love with me.

My return to PA coincided with his discovery of how to use his mom's cell phone, so for about a week or so he would call me every day, telling me about how he unlocked a new character or passed another level or whatever. You would think this would get annoying, but this kid is the cutest thing ever, he makes me want to have 8 kids of my own right this very minute. If I were 25 years younger, I would totally hit him and run away. Maybe even throw a rock at him. Maybe.



Apparently he was also calling other people in his mom's phone book, so she started to put her phone on a high shelf, so now he only calls about once a week or so.

Yesterday he called because he wanted to tell me that he got Bobba Fet and started a new game, and so he was trying to get me to come back to Vegas to play Lego Star Wars II.

Nate: So, I was thinking that you should come over and play Lego Star Wars sometime.
Me: Aw, well I would love to come over and play sometime, but I am really far away right now.
Nate: Hmm..How about next Friday?
Me: Oh, I can't come over Friday, I am all the way in Pennsylvania, remember?
Nate: What about next Sunday?
Me: Aw, I'm sorry hon, but I can't come that soon.
Nate:....
Nate: Spring?
Me: Maybe I can come in the Spring, but it would probably be better in Summer then we could go swimming in the pool too.
Nate: OK

Dude I think I totally just got asked out by a 5 year old. I just love how he was all, "So, I was thinking you should come over..." And then he tried to make specific plans. The five year old boy is better at trying to spend time with me than most grown men are.

He also tried to impress me by telling me how he got 50 coins the other day, then got 75 coins yesterday, and then today got 11 hundred million trillion coins. That's one hell of a learning curve!