Superhero Encounter!

So, this morning when I asked Nate to get dressed, it was no surprise that he picked his Batman shirt to wear. We left the house to go to the boys My Gym classes and then we had to run several errands. The boys had done exceptionally well all afternoon and our last stop was Target. As we were rolling through the aisles Nate saw some Batman underwear and asked if he could have them. Usually, when we are in a store I don't buy him something just to get it for him, but he had done well all afternoon AND he was asking for underwear, not a toy! So, I said, "Sure," and threw them in the cart. However, every aisle we found ourselves in there was of course many more things that Nate wanted (no surprise there). Finally I said (which he hears a lot), "Nate if you do not have an attitude of gratitude and if you aren't appreciative of what I am getting you, then I will take it away. If I hear you ask for one more thing, you will NOT get your Batman underwear." However, Nate did not heed my advice and on the very next aisle I heard, "Mom I want that! LOOK! Mom can I get that??!!" And, with that, we were in the check-out aisle where I graciously handed the girl his underwear and said, "We are not getting these today."

I explained to Nate once again the reason why he was no longer getting the underwear. But, he was still upset and was letting out a good wail of a cry from the cart. Right then a lady got behind us in the check-out lane. She said, "Hey buddy, why are you upset?" Nate said, "My Mom took my underwear away!" I am not sure the lady really understood what had gone down but she was great at distracting the situation and said, "Who's on your shirt? Is that BATMAN??!!! Guess what? I KNOW BATMAN!!!" Nate calmed down and had a curious look on his face. Just then her cell phone rang and she said, "I bet this is him!! BATMAN??? Is that you??!!" Nate was REALLY curious now and leaned in over the cart a bit towards the lady. I was paying for my purchase when I heard her say, "Hey Batman, I am at the store and this little boy is upset, can you talk to him?" And, with that, she held her cell phone by Nate's ear. Now I have NO IDEA who this gentleman was but it was very sweet for him to play along and humor his girlfriend/wife/friend/whoever. He said something like, "Hey there buddy, don't be upset and listen to your Mom." Nate tried to push sympathy on Batman by explaining the situation...that his mom had taken his underwear but Batman told Nate that he had to go to fight bad guys. I said a big thank you to the lady in line and as we were riding off Nate said, "Mom I got to talk to BATMAN!!!! He was real!!!!!!!"

Wherever you are Batman...THANKS!!!

Batman underwear...$5.99

Target purchase...$23.00

Talking to Batman on the phone...Priceless.