2 MUST-SHARE KIDS STORIES

I REALLY TRY NOT TO BRAG OR GO ON AND ON WITH MUNDANE STORIES ABOUT MY CHILDREN. BUT THEN SOMETIMES IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THEY DO THAT MAKE ME HAPPY TO BE ALIVE!

LAST WEEK, AFTER BATHS, WHEN THE KIDS WERE IN THAT HAPPY, SUDSY CLEAN MOOD, VAL AND CONNOR DUG OUT THEIR SPIDERMAN COSTUMES. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, AVA PADDED UP TO ME AND SAID, “MY PIDERMAN?” I HAD TO LAUGH AND TELL HER, “NO, SORRY SWEEPEE, YOU DON’T HAVE A SPIDERMAN COSTUME.” WELL, LITTLE MISS AVA GAVE ME THE EVIL-EYED LOOK SHE GAVE ME THE DAY SHE WAS BORN (I HAVE THE PICTURE TO PROVE IT) AND STOMPED AWAY.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, SHE REAPPEARED WITH VAL’S SPIDERMAN SWIMTRUNKS AND HELD THEM OUT FOR ME TO PULL ON HER. NOW LET’S REMEMBER… VAL IS 5 YEARS OLD AND A SIZE 8-10 ALREADY. SO, I PULLED THEM OVER HER JAMMIES, AND VOILA! AVA HAD HER “PIDERMAN” OUTFIT ON. THEY LOOKED LIKE PANTS. SEE PHOTO UNDER “LES ENFANTS” (kids) CATEGORY TO THE RIGHT.
THE SECOND STORY INVOLVES MY TWO SWEET BOYS. (THEY ARE NOT SWEET EVERYDAY, BUT THAT TERM IS PERFECT FOR THIS ANECDOTE.) I GOT HOME LATE FROM WORK ONE NIGHT LAST WEEK AND THEY SPRANG UP AT ME AS I OPENED THE DOOR. “LOOK MOM!” THEY YELLED. “FOLLOW THE TRAIL!” AND THERE IT WAS. A TRAIL. OF LEGOS. LEADING DOWN THE STEPS TO THE BASEMENT.

VAL HAD WRITTEN OUT ON CONSTRUCTION PAPER, “MOM, GO TIS WA” (MOM GO THIS WAY) WITH AN ARROW. SO, I FOLLOWED THE LEGOS AS THEY SNAKED AROUND THE STEPS AND DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY ROOM. AT THE END OF THE TRAIL, VAL AND CONNOR HAD TAPED UP OUR NAMES ON THE CHAIRS/COUCHES WHERE WE USUALLY SIT. IT WAS SO CUTE! THESE ARE THE IMAGES I IMBED IN MY HEAD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS WHEN I AM PULLING MY GRAY HAIR OUT!