There are some things about having a boy - and a pre-teenish one at that - that makes you realize, as a mother, that you will never relate and must just simply enjoy.
People have often said that boys, no matter what their age, never grow up and pretty much stay teenagers for their entire lives. And I see it now with B and how his childish ways are bubbling through the surface all the time...and the kids are at a point where they LOVE IT...and the potty humor just doesn't go away...(and I must admit, even my girly girl C gets a kick out of it).
This morning, we wake up to a misty foggy spring day...the cherry blossoms are at their peak, it's damp and that pungent, mulchy smell is in the air. E leaves the house, takes a step outside and says, "Wow, it smells like the earth just farted!"
Yup, just gotta enjoy!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Fools Abuelo Style
This morning (a wednesday), I was in my bathrobe getting ready for work...I'd slept in a little so I was running a little late, and E shows up and says..."mommy, you're going to be late for work...oh my gosh!" and before I could say anything he says...April Fools!
I paused for a minute and said, "Well, of course I'm like this right now...we don't have work or school today." He looked at me and opened his beautiful eyes with this look of uncontained excitement...and then I said, April Fools!
He chuckled and realized I'd got him good. Then it made me think of my dad and I shared with E how on one particular April Fool's day (I was probably in middle school), my dad knocked on the bedroom door to wake us up for school - like every other day - but on this day, he said to us...school just called it's been cancelled for today. And WE WERE THRILLED and rolled over back to sleep.
My dad - who is never a jokester just didn't know what to do....and he felt so bad, that he and mom decided to not ruin it and just let us stay home from school that day. After that I always half-expected not to have to go to school on April Fools....
It was a nice little memory to impart on E - he got a kick out of that!
I paused for a minute and said, "Well, of course I'm like this right now...we don't have work or school today." He looked at me and opened his beautiful eyes with this look of uncontained excitement...and then I said, April Fools!
He chuckled and realized I'd got him good. Then it made me think of my dad and I shared with E how on one particular April Fool's day (I was probably in middle school), my dad knocked on the bedroom door to wake us up for school - like every other day - but on this day, he said to us...school just called it's been cancelled for today. And WE WERE THRILLED and rolled over back to sleep.
My dad - who is never a jokester just didn't know what to do....and he felt so bad, that he and mom decided to not ruin it and just let us stay home from school that day. After that I always half-expected not to have to go to school on April Fools....
It was a nice little memory to impart on E - he got a kick out of that!
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