Monday, November 19, 2007

"I'm the best!"

Picture a home video of a Christmas morning in the late eighties. Everyone in the young Wheat family is gathered around watching as one-by-one they open their Christmas presents. Suddenly, the picture cuts to a scene taking place a few months later. A much younger Robert, say nine years old, is in the living room of his Florida home playing Nintendo with his brothers. Someone, obviously a child, is holding a video camera and recording the entire event for future generations to watch. After beating a level of Mario Brothers Robert jumps up and exclaims "I'm the best!" Then the scene cuts back to the Christmas morning the kids had just taped over.

After seeing this tape Robert's exclamation has become a sort of joke with Robert and I. Every time Robert does something well I tell him "You're the best!" Today Robert came home from work and exclaimed "I'm the best!" He found out today that he passed the first of four tests for the CPA with an 87%. He was also beaming about his first review at work where he was rated above average in every category. Robert's the best!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Yes that Christmas tape was hilarious with David filming and mom coming in to stop them. haha

Congratulations Rob on your test and your evaluation. We are proud of you! Good luck on the next test!

mini-wheats said...

and did you see the tape that has robert walking out of bed half awake in his tighty whites????!!!! that is a christmas video you dont want to miss. matter of fact i just posted it on youtube.
congrats bob on your test