And I love my mom, but I want that block I see down there
On the record! July 21, 2007
Last night some old friends of the family were in town so we all met at my Mom’s for dinner. While the kids all sat around the table devouring their pizza, the adults mingled behind in the kitchen drinking wine and having their own dinner. I had to sit at the kid’s table since I was feeding Stella, so our friend’s 7 year old decided to tell me every story he could possibly think up from their past week’s vacation. At one point he says:
7 year old - “I bet I know who the oldest kid here is.”
Me - “Oh yeah? Who is it?”
7 Year old - “Wait….are you a grown-up?”
me - “ON THE RECORD! He just asked me if I was grown-up!! I want this is on the record people!!!”
….I love that kid. However, this is the same kid who also told D that he was going to have to move to another room because he could not hear the TV because D was too loud. Too funny.
Razor Burn July 4, 2007
Last week, in the 90 degree heat, I brought Miss S to the public outdoor pool. Unfortunatley I did this at the end of the day forgetting that she probably wouldn’t be the most receptive to hundreds of screaming splashing about kids. Not smart mommy. As I stood in the water, having not even the chance to put even one of her toes in the pool trying to soothe her tears, I felt a wet slimey thing slink by my legs. When I looked down I saw a chubby 8 year old pulling himself along the pool wall making these weird “darrrrr arrrrrr darrrrr garrrrrr” sounds. He rolled over then to look up at me and say in the clearest of clear voices “You need to shave your legs.” I beg your pardon! My legs had the tiniest of stubble! If he had caught me a few days ago, well then I’d say the comment was deserved, but come on! So what did I say to this chubby, dorky 8 year old as he scuttled by? “YOU need to shave YOUR legs!” yes that’s right…I’m the queen of comebacks. The Queen.
