Mama: "How are old are you going to be?"
Alex: "10. Now put my diaper on! ... Pleeeaaaasssseeeee ..."
Mommy: "No. No. No. Please tell me you won't be saying that when you do turn 10."
Mary
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
it happened
I got asked today ... "Does Jakob have a Dad?" (and my heart began to race)
TIMMY (a 5-year old with a now made-up name) "Does Jakob have a Dad?"
ME: "No."
JAKOB: "NO! NO! NO! But I have a Grandpa. And a Grandma. And a Mommy and a Momma. And a dog." (I was so proud at this moment)
TIMMY "So ... Um ... So .... So ... So .... Where did Jakob come from?'
ME: "He grew in my belly just like you grew in your Momma's belly."
TIMMY "Oh. Okay. I think .... But you need a Dad for that to happen."
ME (moment of panic and a VERY LONG pause)
TIMMY "Is that the guy in the white truck?"
ME "Huh?"
TIMMY "There is an old guy that comes to your house in a white truck." (sorry Grandpa)
ME: "No. That is Jakob's Grandfather. My Dad."
TIMMY "So you have a Dad?"
ME: "Yep. I have a Mom and a Dad. Most kids grow-up in families with both a Mom and a Dad but some kids grow-up in a family with two Dads, or just a Mom, or just a Dad, or two Moms, like Jakob and Alex."
TIMMY "Oh. Okay .... Jakob - Do you want to play with my transformer?"
and then our neighbor TINA (a 12-year old with a now made-up name) who had been standing with us goes "He SOOO does not get it!"
I think I did okay for my first time!
And another funny conversation after bath tonight.
Jakob was getting out of the tub ...
Jakob: "I naked. I naked. I naked, naked, naked ... "
Me: "Yes. You are naked Jakob."
Jakob: "You are born naked."
Me: "What? Where did you learn that?"
Jakob: "From Grandma."
(and for the record Grandma did not teach him that)
Mary
TIMMY (a 5-year old with a now made-up name) "Does Jakob have a Dad?"
ME: "No."
JAKOB: "NO! NO! NO! But I have a Grandpa. And a Grandma. And a Mommy and a Momma. And a dog." (I was so proud at this moment)
TIMMY "So ... Um ... So .... So ... So .... Where did Jakob come from?'
ME: "He grew in my belly just like you grew in your Momma's belly."
TIMMY "Oh. Okay. I think .... But you need a Dad for that to happen."
ME (moment of panic and a VERY LONG pause)
TIMMY "Is that the guy in the white truck?"
ME "Huh?"
TIMMY "There is an old guy that comes to your house in a white truck." (sorry Grandpa)
ME: "No. That is Jakob's Grandfather. My Dad."
TIMMY "So you have a Dad?"
ME: "Yep. I have a Mom and a Dad. Most kids grow-up in families with both a Mom and a Dad but some kids grow-up in a family with two Dads, or just a Mom, or just a Dad, or two Moms, like Jakob and Alex."
TIMMY "Oh. Okay .... Jakob - Do you want to play with my transformer?"
and then our neighbor TINA (a 12-year old with a now made-up name) who had been standing with us goes "He SOOO does not get it!"
I think I did okay for my first time!
And another funny conversation after bath tonight.
Jakob was getting out of the tub ...
Jakob: "I naked. I naked. I naked, naked, naked ... "
Me: "Yes. You are naked Jakob."
Jakob: "You are born naked."
Me: "What? Where did you learn that?"
Jakob: "From Grandma."
(and for the record Grandma did not teach him that)
Mary
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
conversations with our kids
Mama: "Alex. You are so handsome."
Alex: "No. Don't say things like that."
Mama: "Does milk make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "Do vegetables make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "Does Orange Juice make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "What makes you grow big?"
Jake: "Toys."
Mary
Alex: "No. Don't say things like that."
Mama: "Does milk make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "Do vegetables make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "Does Orange Juice make you grow big?"
Jake: "No."
Mama: "What makes you grow big?"
Jake: "Toys."
Mary
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