My son really took an interest in golfing this weekend while watching my husband follow the U.S. Open. My husband rarely golfs but does have a set of clubs and after very persistent requests, my husband let my son use his clubs in the back yard. He taught him the different types of clubs (drivers, putters, irons) and when they are used. My son had a blast hitting the ball with the putter (which was almost as long as him) in the back yard and then running over to putt it into the pretend hole (between my husband’s legs).
I was cooking dinner last week, when the kids called out from the toy box,
“Mom, don’t you want to get us out and play with us?”
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The other morning I came around the corner to find my 4 year old son unscrewing the screw from the switch plate of our light. He had gotten his chair, pulled it up to the light switch, found the right size Phillips screw driver, and had gotten the screw mostly off. I noticed he had been quiet for awhile when I peeked around the corner to check on him and saw this.
I love my son’s imagination! He is at age where I wish I could just freeze time. He cracks us with his antics these days. Check out last week’s comedy routines.
My son was playing on the deck when I suddenly heard him say, “Help Mom, I’m stuck.” I turned around to see this.
As I got him out of the basketball net, I asked him what on earth he was doing?
We lost power at about 4pm on Wednesday. Losing power really wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t mean that I had to loose water too. It makes you realize how often you run to the sink to clean up messes the kids leave in their wake. the kids have been handling it really well. I told my son that the electricity was out and about a hour later the following discussion took place.
My husband and I were talking in the kitchen when my son popped in and dropped a bomb on us. We appreciate his upfront honesty but we were caught totally off guard.
We’re trying hard to take deal with this rationally, but what parents wouldn’t be devastated.
It’s just that he showed so much promise. His is so smart. We try not to get carried away with his potential but we couldn’t help but to dream about where his future could go.
Today my son spontaneously came up to my 2 year old and gave her a kiss. Afterwards the following discussion took place.
Daughter: “No kiss, Only Daddy Kiss.”
Mommy: “But he’s your brother and he was being nice.”
Daughter: “No, only Daddy kiss.”
Mommy: “So, the only boy that can kiss you is Daddy?”
Daughter: “Yes”
Daddy was a happy man when I shared this anecdote.
The other day I discovered a way to occupy my kids for a good 15-20 min, which many of you know is an eternity in Mommy time.
Wanna know the secret?
I let them play with my clock radio. I plugged it in and placed it on the floor in the living room. They had a blast taking turns turning it off and on and changing radio stations. It was more fun then Mommy turning on the stereo, because they had control of turning it on and off as well the fun of switching the music from station to station.
The other day our two year old had a really bad diaper rash. Her poor bottom was BRIGHT RED and she screamed out in pain when we had to change her diaper. My son looked at her bottom and exclaimed, “Diaper rash is my favorite color!”
That boy makes me laugh.
My son is very smart (every mother says this about her children so I might as well enjoy my entitlement). He is only 4 but he has always had a knack for asking good questions and is satisfied by only believable answers. We pride ourselves on honesty so that “believable answer” always contains the truth but not necessarily more truth then is absolutely required. Case in point: For a year we got away with calling a certain, frequent and noticeable neighborhood visitor, “the music truck”.