You may recognize this from Ghostbusters. Ryan said this to Ellie one day when she was climbing all over him after he came home from work. Ellie began running around the house yelling "Back off man! I am a scientist!" until bedtime. Ryan called his brothers on their cell phones and she excitedly yelled her new favorite saying into the phone each time. (she is great at these kinds of tricks)
Fast forward to today. I have a plan. My plan is to get up, shower and get out the door alone and run to Starbucks and do a little shopping. I have a 2-2.5 hour window to be away from Madeline before she needs to eat and I make it back in about an hour and half. I walk in and see M's door is closed, a good sign. I go downstairs and see Ryan and Ellie sitting together. Watching Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray.
Ryan tells me not to worry, it's rated PG and there are only two swear words in the entire movie. Ellie is loving the movie telling me all about Slimer and the "ghost car."
Later we go to our neighbor's first birthday party. Ellie is telling everyone about the Ghostbusters. She is looking under the table for the Ghostbusters and around every corner. We come home and put her to bed and she is still talking about the Ghostbusters. I tell her they are silly and she says "no Mommy. They are silly AND scary." Uh-oh. We are in trouble. Big time.
Before we can turn on the monitor we hear her calling for us. I send Ryan to her room and she tells him "I think I should be a little bit bigger before watching more of the Ghostbusters." Ryan stayed with her and talked her down from her mild panic attack that Slimer was going to visit her with the lights out and reassure her that her books were not going to start flying off the shelf.
She is now peacefully sleeping with a few extra "friends" in her bed to keep her company tonight. Ryan would now suggest that Ghostbusters be put away at least until your child is in preschool.
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