With Ethan-11yr at camp, I have just the 2 little guys. But let’s not be fooled by the phrase “just the 2 little guys.”
Earlier I looked out the back window and “just the 2 little guys” were taking turns lying upside down on a slide while the other one held the water hose, letting water run onto his brother’s forehead and the hose- holding brother yelled excitedly.
I watched this odd scene for a minute. The brothers changed places and repeated the activity. It seemed… hmm. Familiar, but not in a Norman Rockwell way. Even though they’re happy and all… I’m sure they’ve never done that before… but it does seem familiar.
OH! HELL! NO! THEY JUST RE-INVENTED WATERBOARDING?!
I didn’t ask questions. I have NO idea what it was about. I just didn’t have the patience today to find out, yaknow? Maybe another day, I’ll sweetly ask what that particular game was about and we can have a constructive conversation about why NO, we don’t really need to do that, EVER. One day when I can trust myself not to flip out on them.
Instead, I screamed into a throw pillow and then opened the door and yelled at them to stopitrightnow and think of a new game. Shut the door, and watched until they moved onto something with sand and goggles.
I went back to laundry and breathing normally.
Mostly.
They’re just 2 little guys, but I’m feeling more outnumbered than usual.
I love you.
5:07 pm
Somehow kids seem to feel that they must make up for the silence created by the absence of a sibling. Sounds like those two are keeping up their responsibilities
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10:09 pm
Jan,
YES, that’s what they’re up to, all right. I get Ethan-11yr back on Saturday. I’m excited in a very selfish way.
9:46 am
Aw – you’re making me miss those years so much! I love how inventive little boys can be on a summer afternoon! Can I say how amazed I am that you can just yell ‘stopitrightnow’ and they actually do so without a 30 minute discussion on *why* they have to stopitrightnow and can we just lay on the ground and run the hose on the foreheads? No? what if we run the hose just on each others TUMMIES? Or legs? Or cheeks? No? You’re sure? Because I’m pretty DAD would let us…..
Hmm. Maybe you’re just better at this than I was?
11:52 am
Mysti,
oh, no. ha! I’m definitely not better! but my stopitrightnow is in a VERY special tone of voice that also implies that if they don’t i’ll turn off the water and that’s incentive enough. for now.
1:38 pm
Ergo – you’re better at this than I was – I was always a sucker for letting them play in the water as much as they wanted in the summer.