"Scarded Me!"

Last weekend we were at Costco. I was in the checkout line and Rand was running (because that was he does -- he never ever walks anymore) around with Werner. He turned a corner and ran straight into a lifesize animatronic witch who was cackling and moving her head around. He. Freaked. Out.

Rand turned on a dime and ran as fast as he could the other direction. Werner caught him and the poor kid was clinging to him for dear life. I thought that Rand was going to climb up on top of his head. Werner could have let go with both hands without Rand falling off. They walked over to me and Rand practically jumped into my arms. He buried his head into me and said, "Scarded me!" Werner and I -- along with everybody else in our checkout line -- were nearly falling over, we were laughing so hard. I did feel a tinge of guilt for laughing as I comforted Rand, but I figure that this means we're even for all the times I've gotten up in the night with him.