Urban Cowboys Step It Up a Notch

Luke got a gun (with a holster!) for his birthday. The gun makes sounds, just like he wanted it to. He's a very happy 9-year-old boy, except for the fact that Micah wants to do everything that he does. As there is only one belt with holster, this has caused a few minor fights in the Pony Casa. Being newly-minted 9, sometimes Luke struggles with the whole thing. While completely flattered that someone looks up to him so much, he still gets annoyed with it. Siblings are difficult sometimes, yo.

Luke saw his gear lying around, didn't see Micah, and decided that it was a grand opportunity to play cowboys. Around his waist was the belt and gun holster, and in the holster was Micah's play cell phone.

Urban cowboys. What was he going to do? Call the cows home for dinner?

But no worries, Luke informed me of cowboy cell phone etiquette.

Hey, Mom. Look. If a bad guy is coming, I'll just get my handy-dandy cell phone out and call The Fastest Cowboy In The West. He'll come take care of things for me. And then I'll call The Fastest Horse In The West like this. "Hello? Fastest Horse in the West? Yeh, I need you to come right away. There's an emergency. Thanks." And that's - WHOA - the horse is here already! That WAS fast! I mean, I was just on the phone with him a second ago and now he's right here.

And that's how it's done nowadays I guess. So much for all that messy shooting and riding. Just call in back-up. As long as he doesn't translate that to his schoolwork, we'll be good.