• Be a firefighter, and ride the big fire truck, and you can ride the other truck, okay?? Then we’ll go to the house and put out the fire!
• Be big, BIG, BIG. And then I can reach up there, right mama?
• Drive really, really fast! Go faster, mama!!
• Play the piano, and your trumpet. (He means clarinet.) Listen mama, it’s the Pink Panther song! (Goes to the piano and plays the song!)
• Be the Conductor, just like on Thomas. Do you want to be Junior??
And the phone… oh my goodness! I know all children love using the phone. It is imitation, it is learning, it is developing communication skills, it is (or rather – was) grabbing the phone cord and wrapping it around your finger so you could see it change color. In our house, we have two phones: one is a cell phone for work and the other is my personal cell phone. (We do not have a land line. Why pay all that money plus the cell phone bill?) The other day Matthew and I had a phone conversation while we were both in the living room at Mom and Dad’s house. He had one cell phone, I had the other, and he got to call me. (Mom helped him dial the right numbers.) Since both phones have the same provider of services it was all “free” time. We both had so much fun, and the laughter was great!
Click picture for artist nod. Another development in my poor child’s twisted sense of humor… Animaniacs. Do you remember this animated series from the early to late ‘90’s? (Music) “It’s time for Animaniacs, and we’re zany to the max, so just sit back and relax, you’ll laugh ‘till you collapse, we’re Animaniacs!” We now own volumes 1 & 2 of this series… and the third volume will be out later this year. I loved it when I was a kid… and now Matthew loves it too! He has decided that he will be Wakko, Uncle Paul is Yakko, and I am Dot. He will even wear his hat backwards like Wakko does. It is just too cute! Matthew has taught me that life is good. I have begun planning a trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for our summer vacation. We are going to camp, and hike, and swim. I wonder sometimes, as I look at different websites, am I crazy? It will be a 4.5 year old boy with his mom out camping for 3 or 4 days. Do I really want to do this? And the answer is… YES! I am feeling like a kid again myself just thinking about it. (No comments necessary from the peanut gang who would remind me I am still a kid, thank you very much!) We’ll borrow a tent, air mattress, sleeping bags, and cooler. And the campsite fees are next to nothing!! I think this is one vacation that will be very easy to swing. If I can keep the sand out of the cameras, I should be able to get some good pictures to share also.
One final piece of news… Sassy has a new home! She moved to a farm last Saturday, and I am sure she is enjoying the new lifestyle. I came to the realization that we were just not home enough to adequately meet her needs… so I spread the word that I was looking for a good home. One came forward and we have lived through the last week without our beloved girl. It is really different. I think Matthew is handling it better than I am! I miss her greeting me when I walk into the house, and staring at you with those pleading eyes to throw her the tennis ball just one more time!! On the flip side, there has been an amazing release: I don’t worry about how long I will be gone from the house. I don’t worry if plans suddenly change and I don’t have the opportunity to provide her some exercise. I don’t worry that Matthew will pull on her coat and Sassy will retaliate. (Really – I wouldn’t blame her either – Matthew is a strong little stinker and I have difficulty at times… just imagine how it would be for a dog!)
That’s all for now, folks. With Easter right around the corner, I am sure the next posting will have pictures of all the things we did with the extended family that day. (Unless I post between now and then; which is highly unlikely!) Until then, God Bless each and every one of you!
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