TEN YEARS OLD AND BRAVE

Last night my kid remembered he didn't brush his teeth after all the lights were out and he had gone to bed.

Then he remembered how scared of the dark he was.

So...he gets up, slowly (very slowly) fixes his pajama bottoms and slowly (very slowly) tucks his t-shirt in. When I asked him what he was doing he said he "was getting his brave on".

Then he ran into the bathroom, brushed his teeth, ran back to the bedroom, and said "that was stinkin' scary Mommy but I did it anyway"

This child of mine says everything I need to know about anything with his actions.

I want to be just like him.

PERSPECTIVE

My kid has a turtle named Max. About six months ago Max didn't eat his evening meal.

Here was my reaction:
                    HE'S SICK!! HE'S SICK!! HE'S DYING!! HE WILL BE DEAD BY MORNING!!

Here was my kids reaction:
                    He's not hungry.

Today Max is alive and well and everybody knows who has the brains in the family.

SAUSAGE SPHERES

My kid and I were making sausage balls the other night when all of a sudden he decided he didn't like touching sausage balls and he would be a whole lot more comfortable touching sausage spheres.

So...we made sausage spheres.

I don't have any idea why calling sausage balls sausage spheres makes them taste like green beans but that is what they tasted like.

Amazing what one little label will do.

A LESSON IN HUMILITY

His name is Freedom and he is beautiful.

When he sees me he runs up and shows me every attention he can think of. He looks into my eyes and sees my heart. His whole body wags. He jumps around like hes just too excited to sit in one place. All is well on in the world when our dog loves me.

I feel totally enchanted and I tell my kid exactly that.

My kid says "don't get too big headed about all that love he's showing you Mommy. He also loves cat poop. And if he had to choose between it and you he'd take the cat poop".

"Of course" I say. "Yes." "You are right."
I felt the breeze when enchantment flew out the window.

I have never - until this moment - really and truely given any thought to how I stack up against cat poop and I am not liking it.

Round two: Cat poop-1, Me-0.

Unbelievable.