Book 'Em, Danno!

I sent this email out to family about two weeks ago. It is pretty funny in hindsight, but scary at the time....

So, I had to attend the school board meeting tonight. Daddy Mac decided to take the kids to McDonald's as a treat for dinner. I ran some errands, went to the meeting, and then stopped to get me something to eat.

When I got home, the kids were in bed and Daddy Mac was sitting in the silent living room. I was standing at the kitchen counter getting my food plated when I asked him how the night went. He mumbled something but I caught the words "gun" and "police". I stopped and asked him again what he said. I don't WHAT he said, but what I HEARD was "I had to call the police because they held a gun to Goosey Lou's head."

My blood ran cold. I almost passed out. I ran into the living room screaming "WHAT!?! WHAT?!?! What happened?"

Daddy Mac then proceeded to tell me the CORRECT story:
Goosey and Little Man were playing with our neighbor boy, Caleb in his front yard while Daddy Mac was patching part of our fence in the back. He said that Little Man came running to the back yard and very excitedly told him that the boy across the street had a gun and had pointed it at Caleb's head. Daddy Mac started asking if the kid was still outside? Did Caleb's dad know? Had they called 911? etc. LM did not know, but said that the boy had gone back inside of his house.

I guess Daddy Mac felt that the problem was solved.

A few minutes later, LM came bustling back with the house phone in hand and says "Dad! Here's 911!" Daddy Mac looks and sees that the phone is on "talk"...and hangs up. Of course, they call back. He explained that his 6 year old had called and they asked about the alleged gun issue (that LM had told them about). Daddy Mac told him he did not know what had happened but the kid was not there anymore.

Que the 5-0.

The police roll up and want to talk to the kids. Daddy Mac & our kids, Caleb & his dad. Caleb confirms that the kid had a gun and was pointing it at him. When the officer asked if it was real, no one knew...so he walked across the street, knocked on our NEW neighbor's door and interview the perp who is about Goosey's age. Turns out that it looks like a real handgun except for the small orange tip. He said that at a distance it would look real.

He told everyone that LM did the right thing...no harm, no foul.

The mom marched the kid out and made him apologize for pointing the gun at Caleb.

The neighbors up the street came out to see what the show was about. It must have been very exciting for all.

I hope that our new neighbors, who have rescued our escaped dog, will not poison said dog or call the law on us for not having her leashed when she does escape again. I am horrified.

Moral of the story: Don't ask 20 questions to an excited 6 year old...get up and see for yourself or he will call the po-po.

Now off to try and sleep with a spike of adrenaline.