I HOPE THIS IS COLSON'S FIRST AND LAST RUN IN WITH THE LAW!

So tell me what about this gun makes it look real. Is it the star embedded in the faux wooden handle? Or maybe it's the speckled painted barrel. Or maybe you are smarter than most Chuck E Cheese workers and recognize that in fact it is NOT a real gun. I'm hoping on the latter.

Colson got this cap gun the other day out with his Grandpa Schubert. It was actually a hunt for one because Grandpa Schubert says that every little boy needs a cap gun. So they called around found one at Tractor Supply went and made the big purchase and made this 7 year olds day! He thought it was the coolest thing. He was so excited to shoot it at daddy and scare him. "He's gonna be scared." He told me. "I'm talking about REALLY scared".

Fast forward a couple of days and Colson is still taking his gun everywhere to show new people he encounters. My mom took Calli, Colson and Hudson to Chuck E Cheese's yesterday because she is that crazy...just kidding...she wanted an afternoon of fun! As the kids are playing she hears "Barbara Murdock, please come to the check in counter". She wonders why someone is calling her by her real name and for that split second thought 'maybe I lost a kid...nope they are all here'.

She proceeds to the check in counter only to find out that an employee had walked by my mom's car, saw Colson's FAKE gun in the front seat and thought it was real. So Colson and my mom had to go outside to talk to the 4 police cars that were surrounding her car. Of course Colson is crying because he thought he was going to be arrested and the policemen felt bad. They kept telling him "It's ok buddy. You aren't in trouble. You only get in trouble if you do something bad and you didn't do anything bad." I told my mom he probably started crying harder as he was recalling all the bad he had done in his mind and really thinking he may go to jail. And how did they find out the gun was FAKE? They broke into my mom's car...well they jimmied the lock. I would have thought that they would have come and gotten her to say can you please open your door so we can look at your gun. At which time she would have said it's fake you idiots. Hmmm I just realized something. Not only did the Chuck E Cheese worker think it was real but 4 expert policemen must have thought it too to break into her car.

So now Colson's Christmas story when he goes back to school will be "I got the cops called on me". He's already saying it now!