Don't tell!!

So Connor has this group of 5 and 6 yos he hangs around with at Westbury Little League. One of the reasons we like it there is that they can be off the chain in a relatively safe, consequence-free environment with lots of adults around who know them. From their perspective, the best thing is that they are building a giant water retention/parkscape right behind the fields so there are dirt piles everywhere. Joy! One of the favorites they've named "Mt. Husker" for Jamie's team, the Cornhuskers.

So as soon as we get to WLL, if Connor isn't involved in baseball activities, he finds his buddies and off they go. We call them the Pesky Cat Gang, taking the term from one of our favorite books, Mr. Pusskins. Pesky Cat Gang gets Mr. Pusskins to go places he isn't meant to go, and do things he isn't meant to do.

At one point during one of Jamie's games, Sarah overhears Connor telling the PCG, "Let's play animal habitats!" There is discussion about which habitat, but Connor successfully pushes them towards one of his favorites, the Indonesian rain forest. When they agreed he gave a classic Connor double fist pump and "YES!!!" Off they ran to play. A few minutes later, Connor came back alone. In a stage whisper he excitedly told Sarah that he was being the caracal in the habitat game. "Even though there are no caracals in the Indonesian rain forest!!!!!!!" Then, seriously, "Don't tell Mom!" She assured him she wouldn't but he felt the need to reiterate: "Really, Mom!. Do. Not. Tell!!!" And then off he rain. Sarah, I am happy to report, has said nothing still.