A New Name, Eye Rolling, and Competition

Occasionally, I will change our family’s name to something a little more fun then Louis.  I have recently settled on “Snitkin”.  I did not make this name up, it really belongs to someone.  After changing us to the Snitkin’s, I decided we all needed new first names that began with S.  This name changing has all of a sudden upset the 11 year old boy that lives here.  I have been told to stop changing his name and that he will no longer tolerate such nonsense.  He really seemed to mean it . . .

Now – here at the Louis/Snitkin residence we have eye rolling.  Generally, this happens when Ed or I have annoyed the boy or the girl so thoroughly that they give up all verbal response and must resort to a physical protest of some kind.  I know what you’re thinking – you’re wondering why we allow such rude and disrespectful behaviour at our house.  My aunt would certainly like to know the answer to that as well.  The truth is, we really have very little idea how to raise children – so we just entertain ourselves with the whole thing. 

Today, we had a virtual eye rolling fest.  It all started when the boy told me for the thousandth time to stop calling him Sigmund.  I just love Sigmund Snitkin!  Go ahead admit it – you find it entertaining, too.  Anyway, after I called him Sigmund AGAIN – he rolled his eyes.  But it was only a poorly executed half hearted eye roll.  I asked if that was all he had, such a sad poorly executed half hearted eye roll. 

This caused Ed and the girl to jump into the fray.  The girl really rolled her eyes well, but there was still a small sliver of color that we could see.  Ed rolled his eyes so far up that we could only see the whites.  It would easily have been a perfect 10 if he were competing in the Olympics and if eye rolling were an Olympic sport. 

Oddly, the boy did not find this funny and went to his room.  But here’s the thing – when he walked away, he rolled his eyes.  They went so far up that we couldn’t see anything but the whites.  Another 10!  Clearly, the Louis/Snitkin family has a competitive streak.