My brother and SIL are going to be staying with me for five days while on vacation and I volunteered to baby-sit the devil spawn during the day. I need to teach him to do something evil that will truly make him worthy of his surname and to fulfill my duty as an uncle.
SIL was known for being a bit promiscuous prior to meeting my brother so I was thinking of having some friends over and teaching him to hug guy’s legs and say “DADDY!?”.
Any suggestions for anything better?
If it helps any, he speaks coherently, reads a few words, counts and can add single digits but does NOT dance.
Oh this is easy: teach him to say “DUUUUUUUDE!!!” after everyone’s name in conversation. As in "hi Mom dude, hi Dad dude - how’s it goin’ DUUUUDES??
I have it on good authority that 3 year olds LOVE learning Dude-speak precisely because of the evil power they hold over their parents once they wield it…
However, I’ve gotten the most mileage out of teaching my nephews to use electronic devices – particularly, tv remotes. And computers. And voice answering machines. Hours of entertainment for my brother as he tries to reprogram TiVO. Or fix their NetFlix account list so it isn’t all Thomas the Train DVDs.*
Mind you, he wasn’t terribly entertained at the aftermath of “let’s put staples into the computer hard drive”. But then, that one wasn’t my doing, anyway.
Number One Nephew is now 6, and was a bit precocious with the computer stuff.
Teach him some almost bad words. That way his parents can’t really get mad at you, but you’ll have the satisfaction of hearing a 3 year old say “Wankel-Rotary Engine.” Or any time he sees a male chicken he’ll shout out “Cock!”
To loudly proclaim
“Boys have penises and girls have vaginas”
“who lit the fuse on your tampon”
“have you had your medications reviewed lately, I think they need adjusting”
Remember that anything you teach him has the capacity to be passed on to the other kids in his preschool or play groups or Sunday School or whatever other toddler social set he belongs to, so it could end up causing misery for mommies and daddies other than your brother and SIL. Be kind.