Conversations...
Lately I've been making a conscious effort to listen to my kids. To actually stop what I'm doing and listen...not just with my ears, but with my eyes. Eye contact while they're talking to their mama.
The conversations that take place in our home are rarely boring. With 4 kids in 4 different life stages I am amazed at what I hear sometimes. Here are 4 different conversations that I had with them this week:
JOEY (7)
"Hey, Mom. Do you know who I wish I could meet?"
"Who, Joe?"
"Mrs. Washington."
"Do you mean George Washington's wife?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well...why do you want to meet HER?"
"I don't know...I just do."
...ummm...
MELANIE (9)
"We played Heads Up 7UP in class today and guess who picked me!"
"Brittany?"
"No."
"Katelyn?"
"No."
I hold my breath before I ask this one: "Ty?"
"YES!"
...oh, help me, Jesus. Not boys already...
HOLLY (14)
"Mom, will you please flat iron my hair...and I need to get my eyebrows done...and I'm gonna wear makeup to school Friday..."
...as she's saying all this I notice the dirt under her fingernails, of which she had no clue. At 14, she's part fashion diva, part sport, part little girl. Stay childlike at heart, my girl. Dirty fingernails are ok with me...
BENJAMIN(16)
"Hey, Mom...do you wanna know why 1 testicle is higher than the other?"
"Um...what?!?" (I kept my cool thankyouverymuch)
"Yeah--one is higher than the other so that when you sit down they don't bump up against each other and squish each other. God's pretty smart."
"Yes He is, Benjamin...He cares about every detail."
...let me tell you. You haven't lived until you've talked with your big, Abercrombie-lookin', almost 17 year old son about testicles and the sovereignty of God.
Keep talking, my kiddos. Mom and Dad are listening.
The conversations that take place in our home are rarely boring. With 4 kids in 4 different life stages I am amazed at what I hear sometimes. Here are 4 different conversations that I had with them this week:
JOEY (7)
"Hey, Mom. Do you know who I wish I could meet?"
"Who, Joe?"
"Mrs. Washington."
"Do you mean George Washington's wife?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well...why do you want to meet HER?"
"I don't know...I just do."
...ummm...
MELANIE (9)
"We played Heads Up 7UP in class today and guess who picked me!"
"Brittany?"
"No."
"Katelyn?"
"No."
I hold my breath before I ask this one: "Ty?"
"YES!"
...oh, help me, Jesus. Not boys already...
HOLLY (14)
"Mom, will you please flat iron my hair...and I need to get my eyebrows done...and I'm gonna wear makeup to school Friday..."
...as she's saying all this I notice the dirt under her fingernails, of which she had no clue. At 14, she's part fashion diva, part sport, part little girl. Stay childlike at heart, my girl. Dirty fingernails are ok with me...
BENJAMIN(16)
"Hey, Mom...do you wanna know why 1 testicle is higher than the other?"
"Um...what?!?" (I kept my cool thankyouverymuch)
"Yeah--one is higher than the other so that when you sit down they don't bump up against each other and squish each other. God's pretty smart."
"Yes He is, Benjamin...He cares about every detail."
...let me tell you. You haven't lived until you've talked with your big, Abercrombie-lookin', almost 17 year old son about testicles and the sovereignty of God.
Keep talking, my kiddos. Mom and Dad are listening.
posted by carahinojosa at 10:27 AM
4 Comments:
about Joey: girls already?
about Mel: it's payback time!
about Holly: you have natural beauty (like your grandfather) You don't need makeup!
about Benjamin: slap him around when he talks like that!
i am so laughing outloud.... i loved all of them, but the last one is such a hoot!! totally classic for real. i'm so glad you wrote that down so you can remember that forever.... love it...
:-)
he sounds like a sixteen-year-old boy to me.
I think that is WONDERFUL!!
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