The preschool pickup game

It's always interesting when I pick Kyle up from preschool. He's so excited from school, yet so exhausted. He's usually in a very odd mood. We have carside pickup so the teachers bring him right out to my car which means I don't have to get out. That also means Kyle is free to bounce around the back seat until he finally sits down and buckles his carseat. I usually spend five minutes in the parking lot waiting for him to tell me about his day, settling down and getting buckled. Last week I picked him up from preschool and had this conversation with him.

Kyle: (All smiles) It was a good day at preschool!

Mom: You had a good day?

Kyle: Yes. I have something in my bag. (pulls out toy)

Mom: Where did you get it?

Kyle: I don't know.

Mom: Was it someone's birtday?

Kyle: Yes

Mom: Who's birthday?

Kyle: I don't know.

Mom: Did you have a yummy treat for snack?

Kyle: I had milk.

Mom: What else?

Kyle: I don't know.

Mom: Can you sit down and buckle your seat belt?

Kyle: I can ride without buckling.

Mom: No. Sorry. It's against the law.

Kyle: I hate laws.

Mom: Please buckle.

Kyle: I'll be safe.

Mom: No. Mommy will get a ticket if you're not buckled.

Kyle: And then go to jail?

Mom: No I won't go to jail. I'll get a ticket and then have to pay a whole bunch of money?

Kyle: For a new mommy?

Somehow he figured if he didn't buckle, I'd get a ticket, go to jail, and then pay some money so he'd have a new mommy... and he was obviously okay with this since he still wasn't sitting down and buckling.