Ginger

There are moments I have to sit back and ponder……..children. I look at my three children and they are so different. Personality, looks, humor, likes and dislikes, interests etc. It is no different than any other parent looking at their children. The question begs to be asked though………

Am I the only parent that asks what planet their child came from……? I guess the better question or statement should be that they did not get that from me!!

I was talking to a friend tonight and we were discussing her closing date on her new house and the delivery date of another friend. She was saying that I couldn’t come to Ohio if it was close to the other friend being ready to “pop out her baby”. My three children are sitting at the table eating popcorn and listening in on the conversation (I always have the phone on speaker.). They began to laugh hysterically.

My 10 year old son was beside himself he was laughing so hard. My 14 year old daughter is sitting at the table just shaking her head in disbelief. I walked around the table to look at the 12 year old. He was clutching his face, to be more precise, his nose.

The rest of the conversation went down hill after that…………………..

I looked at my 12 year old and was immediately suspicious. You know what happens when Mom becomes suspicious. The eyes start to slightly narrow as you look around to see what is amiss. I looked at my 10 year old who was trying to breathe. “What just happened here?” I asked.

My eyes are darting back and forth between the two boys. I knew my 12 year old had probably just done something really ………oh, out of the ordinary for him.

The 12 year old just looks up at me, “Mom? Do you know how Daddy always says ‘Stupid should hurt and really stupid should really hurt?’ Well, he’s right! Really stupid really hurts!”

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