Daddy the Army Guy

So Ethan comes home from school with this little project he'd done where he had to make up his own flag. It has 19 stripes across it ("Because 19 is my favorite number."), five people on it ("for the five people in my family"), and a giant red heart with Ric in the middle, dressed in green and holding a machine gun. (Greeeaaaat.)

After I praised Ethan on what a good job he did on his flag (it was really detailed and well-done), and how I loved that it showed clearly how much he loves Ric, I then leaned in with the lecture about how he REALLY shouldn't draw pictures of guns on school projects.

I also informed him that dispite what he may think, Daddy really doesn't even carry a gun- he wields a stethoscope, a pen, and a Blackberry. "Oh," Ethan said.