Sunday, April 23, 2006
I want to jot down a few of the boys' funny sayings before I forget them....
Lincoln's favorite new phrase: "Can I borrow the Explorer?"
(if you ask him what he wants to do, he'll tell you he wants to go to the grocery store to buy a school lunch (i.e. Lunchables). He'll be sad if we ever sell the thing.)
Kobe's favorite game: "Hide and Sneak"
(as much as we've said, "It's Hide and SEEK," he insists on calling it Sneak, which is really much cuter.
Lincoln's new thing to say to me: "No GIRLS!"
(as I went out to get in the car for church this morning, Lincoln was yelling out the car window, "No Girls! No Girls!")
Lincoln's favorite new phrase: "Can I borrow the Explorer?"
(if you ask him what he wants to do, he'll tell you he wants to go to the grocery store to buy a school lunch (i.e. Lunchables). He'll be sad if we ever sell the thing.)
Kobe's favorite game: "Hide and Sneak"
(as much as we've said, "It's Hide and SEEK," he insists on calling it Sneak, which is really much cuter.
Lincoln's new thing to say to me: "No GIRLS!"
(as I went out to get in the car for church this morning, Lincoln was yelling out the car window, "No Girls! No Girls!")
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Tonight in the unsuspecting mall parking lot, my son Kobe and I had a moment of bonding. A moment of confirmation. It was a moment in my life I couldn't forget if I tried.
Some backround:
Wendy and I have been swamped recently. Work work work. The past week or so we have been talking about how we could solve our dilemma. She brought me to a realization I wasn't ready to face. 1 year from now we will be on the threshold of that K word I have been fearing the past 4 years.... Kindergarten. But why would we send a little baby to kindergarten in a year you ask? Well, there is another realization. I promise I took my eyes off him only 5 seconds... but now... He is a kid. So, upon much deliberation accompanied by gut wrenching and fingernail biting, I walked into work today and told them to call me in a couple years if they were still interested. I still was not certain of myself until the moment in the parking lot. A secret moment known only to Kobe and me. A moment that both of us will hopefully look back on with the fondest of memories...
As I am getting Kobe out of his car seat, instead of helping him to the ground I picked him up. I say "Kobe, Today I asked the people at work if I could stop going in... and they said yes." He was looking down, as if he wasn't really paying attention. Then, it hit him. His eyes widened and raised to mine, face still serious and unemotional, like he was checking to see if I was telling the truth. As soon as our eyes met his face lit up. His arms lunged around my neck squeezing tighter than ever. He slid down, grabbed my hand and we walked into the mall. Well he was walking, and I was moving forward via manly float.
Some backround:
Wendy and I have been swamped recently. Work work work. The past week or so we have been talking about how we could solve our dilemma. She brought me to a realization I wasn't ready to face. 1 year from now we will be on the threshold of that K word I have been fearing the past 4 years.... Kindergarten. But why would we send a little baby to kindergarten in a year you ask? Well, there is another realization. I promise I took my eyes off him only 5 seconds... but now... He is a kid. So, upon much deliberation accompanied by gut wrenching and fingernail biting, I walked into work today and told them to call me in a couple years if they were still interested. I still was not certain of myself until the moment in the parking lot. A secret moment known only to Kobe and me. A moment that both of us will hopefully look back on with the fondest of memories...
As I am getting Kobe out of his car seat, instead of helping him to the ground I picked him up. I say "Kobe, Today I asked the people at work if I could stop going in... and they said yes." He was looking down, as if he wasn't really paying attention. Then, it hit him. His eyes widened and raised to mine, face still serious and unemotional, like he was checking to see if I was telling the truth. As soon as our eyes met his face lit up. His arms lunged around my neck squeezing tighter than ever. He slid down, grabbed my hand and we walked into the mall. Well he was walking, and I was moving forward via manly float.
