A conversation with Lucas

So I was fixing some sprinklers in the backyard and Lucas was helping shovel the dirt so I decided to strike up a conversation with him. For some strange reason I made him feel extremely at ease and he decided to be very honest....almost too honest. :-)

Scott: Luke, what is the hardest part about being a kid?
Luke: Doing what your parents say
Scott: Yeah, thats tough, what else?
Luke: Telling the truth
Scott: What is so hard about telling the truth?
Luke: It's hard when you don't want to get in trouble for doing something bad.
Scott: Yeah, that is hard, what kind ofthings have you done that you don't tell the truth about?
Luke: Oh, like when I steal.
Scott: Steal what?
Luke: Oh, the coins out of your cup in your drawer.
Scott: Oh, yeah, that is hard to tell the truth about.

I think he forgot that I was the one that he was stealing from, he was confessing like a hardened ciminal, not even a flinch. I was torn between being ecstatic that we were having a real father-son talk, and the fact that my son was ripping me off.