Kids NEVER forget anything!

I have 4 girls and 1 little boy, but don't worry my husband is my biggest child and my son's best playmate! Our little boys name is Reece Allen but since he was about 2 if you asked him what his middle name was he would tell you "Pieces" because we would call him Reece's Pieces.

So last year Reece was really getting into Star Wars and he came to me one day out of the blue and asked if we could change his name to Darth Vader, I asked him why? He told me he thought it would be a cool name to have! It was almost time to register for kindergarten so I asked him if that is how he wanted me to register him for school and he said, " yes, Darth Vader Pieces Smith." I also asked if he would go just by Darth and he said, "sometimes just Darth and other times Darth Vader." He had really thought this through.

I told him that I would have to think about this for a REALLY LONG time, in hopes that his 5 year old brain might just forget about this idea.

I called my husband who was on his way home from work and told him about Reece's idea and how I told him I'd have to think about it for a really long time in hopes that he would forget about it, so what does my husband do? He walks in the door from work and says, "Hey Darth!" and Reece looks at me with a huge smile on his sweet little face and says, "so we can?"

"So we can what buddy?" I asked. "Change my name to Darth Vader!" he exclaimed! "Oh, well I'm still thinking about it buddy, I'll get back to you." I told him.

Needless to say my husband was in the dog house for that one!

So days go by and I've totally forgotten about this name change thing and Reece hasn't said another word either. And then about a week later Reece comes to me and says, " so are you done thinking?". "Um about what buddy?" I ask. "About changing my name to Darth Vader!!!" He says. And at that point I realize there is no way he is going to just forget about this!!!