A little break from Nano
Nov. 8th, 2010 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
imamaryanneBecause I need it. It's not easy, writing over 12K words in seven days, especially given my limited time and my sad but true couch potato ways. Anyway, here it is, Monday and I'm home today because my kid threw up three times between one a.m. and four a.m.. Yay! He held down pedialyte and a banana this morning, so I think he's OK. But, while he was enjoying said pedialyte and banana, my dog decided to throw up on our bed Double Yay! It'd just be better for me to be at work.
I know I complain a lot about parenting. Because it's hard and, frankly, it's not like you see results from your hard work right away. But then there are times when your kids is just charming and you forget about all the hard work. G and I were playing our millionth game of Cootie, and I got frustrated because he was dictating to me which Cootie pieces I "needed" to take for my Cootie. Which always included the big lips, the eyes with eye lashes and the hair bow. So I asked him about it.
G: You have to make a girl Cootie because I want our Cooties to get married.
Me: I didn't even know Cooties can get married.
G:Yes. But men aren't allowed to marry men. (Actually, I think he said mans aren't allowed to marry mans)
Me: In about six states they are.
G: Can they in Maryland?
Me: Not yet. But probably by the time you're a grownup they will.
G: What's that called when a man wants to marry another man?
Me: That's called gay.
G: What about a woman who wants to marry another woman?
Me: That's also called gay.
G: What about when a man wants to marry a woman.
Me: I guess we'd call that straight.
G: (thinking very hard) I think I must be straight, because I'm going to marry K (a little girl from his daycare. He's kind of obsessed with her)
Me: That's fine. I love you however you are.
G: (thinking hard again) OK. But I don't think I want to be gay. Maybe A & W (two other little boys from his daycare) are gay though. They like each other a lot and they'll probably get married.
This, you guys. This is what makes the not so great moments worth it. I love the way a four year old's brain works.
I know I complain a lot about parenting. Because it's hard and, frankly, it's not like you see results from your hard work right away. But then there are times when your kids is just charming and you forget about all the hard work. G and I were playing our millionth game of Cootie, and I got frustrated because he was dictating to me which Cootie pieces I "needed" to take for my Cootie. Which always included the big lips, the eyes with eye lashes and the hair bow. So I asked him about it.
G: You have to make a girl Cootie because I want our Cooties to get married.
Me: I didn't even know Cooties can get married.
G:Yes. But men aren't allowed to marry men. (Actually, I think he said mans aren't allowed to marry mans)
Me: In about six states they are.
G: Can they in Maryland?
Me: Not yet. But probably by the time you're a grownup they will.
G: What's that called when a man wants to marry another man?
Me: That's called gay.
G: What about a woman who wants to marry another woman?
Me: That's also called gay.
G: What about when a man wants to marry a woman.
Me: I guess we'd call that straight.
G: (thinking very hard) I think I must be straight, because I'm going to marry K (a little girl from his daycare. He's kind of obsessed with her)
Me: That's fine. I love you however you are.
G: (thinking hard again) OK. But I don't think I want to be gay. Maybe A & W (two other little boys from his daycare) are gay though. They like each other a lot and they'll probably get married.
This, you guys. This is what makes the not so great moments worth it. I love the way a four year old's brain works.
