After a hot session of two boys threatening to beat each other up and learning conflict resolution, I had two fuming boys sitting at the table:
Me: “You two can sit here for a little bit and take a breather.”
Sam: “I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A BREATHER!!!! I’M NOT GOING TO BREATHE!!!!!!”
Me: “Excellent. Let me know how that works out for you.”
Best thing I’ve heard all night:
“Mom! I flushed the toilet and it almost overflowed but at the last minute it all went down!!!!
Glory be.
Tonight we explored classical music. It started with Dave introducing Rachel to Clair de Lune. Sammy walked in the room and said, “What’s this?” I said, “It’s Clair de Lune, by the amazing Claude Debussy.”
I raised my eyebrows.
“One day, you’re going to play this and I will just sit in the other room & smile.”
“And then I’ll say, ‘play it again, Sam.’”
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After a few minutes, the boys grab the phone and devour orchestral piece after orchestral piece. Josh runs into our room and shouts, “I KNOW ALL THESE!!! THEY’RE FROM BUGS BUNNY!!!”
They were so excited as they made the connection that real people are behind the music that they had to introduce their sister to John Williams. Debussy and Williams. Mind = 🤯🤯🤯
Yesterday, both older boys were instructed to pick up the massive tidal wave of legos covering their bedroom floor. I walk up to check on their progress.
Me to Josh: “Hey Josh, I see you’re reading a book. Why are you reading a book and not picking up your legos?”
Josh: “I’m reading to Sam to help him pick up the legos faster.”
Me: “Really.”
*I can just see it in 20 years- Josh makes local interest news station for this headline: “Local entrepreneur uses newly acquired skills to create unprecedented motivation in employees, resulting in a 100% increase in productivity.*
Let’s hope it’s that and not “Local scam artist was ratted out by his own younger brother and both are now doing time in the state pen for bank fraud.”
Tonight’s dinner convo: “Tornadoes,” “Maelstroms,” “water spouts” & “rare shark spieces.”
1) Thank goodness for YouTube.
2) So. Many. Questions.
3) It’s probably no coincidence that my daily headache starts around dinner time.