That Giant Sucking Sound...

Chest
Originally uploaded by Fatty Will Rule the World!.

...is the airless vacuum between my ears after a long week of working at the special school. But that's okay, because those of us still imprinting important information on our brain cells are busy learning important strategies in life, like RESPECT THE QUEEN.

So Bumpus and Boudreaux have a little chess habit, usually on weekend afternoons. The problem is that Bumpus has to really try to win, and Boudreaux has, on more than one occasion, used a bait-and-switch tactic in order to beat the pants off of his father, who is left standing with a mixed look on his face, including pride, shock, and the kind of humility you get as dessert after being mentally spanked by a seven year old.

Of course, anything that the seven year old wants to do, the four year old wants to do to, so Boudreaux is teaching Rufus how to play the noble game. Which is the background to why Rufus announced in the car to me the other day, "Mama, there's nothing I love more than playing chest." He is his Daddy's boy.