although they may look quite similar ...
my first and second born are two VERY different individuals.
ben does things that drew would never even consider.
for example:
*picking up a dirty baseball and licking it (seriously ... who does that?!)
*dumping his cup of lemonade into the cup holder in the car
*jumping down our entire 1/2 flight of stairs (just for fun.)
*dumping a TON of fish food into the guppy bowl (just to see what would happen)
*while helping put the swing set together - jumping from the spot where the slide will go - and laughing when landing (yes this was 2 years ago!)
*dumping the BOTTLE of bubble bath into the bath tub (just to see how many bubbles he could make)
*grabbing a handful of flowers out of deby's pot and offering them back to her as a gift, roots and all (sorry deby!)
*drinking from random containers in the car - before figuring out how long they have been in there
the list goes on and on ...
and i'm sure that some of this may sound just plain naughty.
and ... some of it may make you question my parenting skills (or lack thereof)
but ... when it comes down to it ... i'm not sure it's either
i think what ben came and told me today sums it up best
"mom ... do you wanna know why i make bad decisions? because i think i am just a lot like curious george."
ben, you are right on. you are just like curious george.
and i am like the man with the yellow hat.
i am absolutely dumbfounded as to why you choose to do about 90% of what you do.
but i still love you just the same.
my first and second born are two VERY different individuals.
ben does things that drew would never even consider.
for example:
*picking up a dirty baseball and licking it (seriously ... who does that?!)
*dumping his cup of lemonade into the cup holder in the car
*jumping down our entire 1/2 flight of stairs (just for fun.)
*dumping a TON of fish food into the guppy bowl (just to see what would happen)
*while helping put the swing set together - jumping from the spot where the slide will go - and laughing when landing (yes this was 2 years ago!)
*dumping the BOTTLE of bubble bath into the bath tub (just to see how many bubbles he could make)
*grabbing a handful of flowers out of deby's pot and offering them back to her as a gift, roots and all (sorry deby!)
*drinking from random containers in the car - before figuring out how long they have been in there
the list goes on and on ...
and i'm sure that some of this may sound just plain naughty.
and ... some of it may make you question my parenting skills (or lack thereof)
but ... when it comes down to it ... i'm not sure it's either
i think what ben came and told me today sums it up best
"mom ... do you wanna know why i make bad decisions? because i think i am just a lot like curious george."
ben, you are right on. you are just like curious george.
and i am like the man with the yellow hat.
i am absolutely dumbfounded as to why you choose to do about 90% of what you do.
but i still love you just the same.
3 comments:
HA HA
hey ben - teach alex to be just like george too :)
Too funny! I wonder if it is a second born thing?
Oh Sarah...our first two kids ARE so much alike!!! Drew is SO much like Mackenzie (I know that we have both said that before); but Kylie is a bit of a "Curious George" herself!!! She and Ben could get in loads of trouble together it sounds just being THAT...CURIOUS!!! :-)
Isn't it fun (yet very challenging) to have kids that are so different? Keeps us on our toes, huh???
Hopefully we can get together this summer...the kids would have a BLAST I am sure! I am going to try to set up some sort of "reunion" with all of you guys who live in your "neck of the woods"...I would love to see everyone!
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