Breakfast

Typical Conversation over Breakfast:

Dason: Mom, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?
Me: What's that?
Dason: A blue power ranger!
Me: That's cool honey.
Caden: (whining) I want to be the blue power ranger when I grow up!
Dason: You can't be, I am. Do you like pink Caden? I like pink.
Caden: Yeah, I like pink, I'll be the pink power ranger.
Dason: Pink is for girls Caden!
Caden: Mom, Dason said pink is for girls. I want to be the blue power ranger!
Dason: I am the blue one!
Caden: No, me!
Dason: I said it first Caden!

This is the point where I get so mad that we are even continuing this ridiculous conversation. I want to scream out a couple of points;
a) I am so tired! I haven't even had coffee yet! You guys woke me up super early to argue about power rangers?!
b) You don't know even know what a power ranger is! You only heard about them from your little preschool friends.
c)) Even if after you researched what it entailed and you still wanted to be one, Mommy would not let you. It is far too dangerous of a profession!
d) Really, we are really arguing over the color? I feel like breaking out in that 80's love song, "I can say black, and you'd say white, tell me it's day when I know that's it's night, it's always the same it's just a shame that's all."
e) Power Rangers are fake, they don't exist, and they are so lame! They are some foreign show that is cheaply put together but because they are fighting bad guys they can have every little boy hooked.

But I don't say any of these things, instead I calmly say.
"You guys can both be the blue power rangers and be on the blue team!"

They accept this and resume eating their cereal. I pat myself on the back feeling confident in my problem solving skills. Then Caden pipes up with a mouthful of cereal and milk dribbling down his chin.
Caden: I think I'll be the green power ranger.
Dason: No, Caden, mom said you're blue. I am going to be green!
Caden: No, I am green! Mom!
Dason: Mom!

Now, I do an internal scream and contemplate running out of the house. Would they notice? I could probably go to the store and come back and they would still be there arguing. But mostly I just want to climb back under the covers and sleep until noon...