Tuesday, January 26, 2010

I'm sitting

Yeah, really. I'm just sitting here, doing absolutely nothing. Okay, well, I'm not doing nothing. I'm actually watching Ogre as he is getting ready for his skiing day at Timberline. Ogre and all of his male family members have a habit of holding their faces funny and sticking out their tongues in the corner of their mouths. They're proud of the "M-Family" mouth. Not that it is in any way attractive or charming. It really is just disturbing when you watch a 43 year old man making a funny face and sticking out his tongue as he tries to put his water bag into the carrier, or as he pours himself a glass of orange juice. No, I'm not being mean... It would be mean if Ogre was self conscious about it. But he's not. And I'm afraid that my son will pick up on this "M-Family" mouth at all, and someday his wife will sit and watch in amazement, as the mouth does its thing.

Another thing that's happening while I sit here is the constant chatter of a little boy, who suddenly realized, that almost all of his classmates in his homeschooling classes are girls. "I must say, there are mostly girls. And you know what else? I'm in a class for 5 and 6 year olds, and there is a 4 year old in there." Wow! That's practically a baby, right? I mean how can you force an almost 7 year old boy to have classes with 4 year olds? SERIOUSLY! But then the little boy realized, that, wait a minute, one of his best friends is 4. Well, in that case...

And now a little (not so little anymore) girl has joined the gang, and both children demand breakfast. I suppose my sitting time is over. Wait!! Do it yourselves, kids. My behind has just flattened out so beautifully and fits right on the chair. I'm not going anywhere.

5 comments:

  1. My husband does a crazy mouth thing too when he's concentrating hard on something. Funny!

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  2. Sit, sit...relax!

    Yesterday we had a 4 year old and an 8 year old over for a playdate with my 6 year old. They all had a fabulous time and played for hours. The mom and I had a fabulous time, too. I'm 45 and she's, well, thirty something (I'm not sure). Apparently, age doesn't really matter and it only took Blue-Eyed-Boy a few minutes to figure that out. Too bad some grown-ups haven't caught on. ;)

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  3. Kids ought to do stuff as soon as they can I think but be careful...a perma-flat butt isn't a good thing!

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  4. I love this post! :) My man tells me when I concentrate really hard on something I make some strange faces too. He has even mentioned the tongue thing. One day when I was cutting his hair I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror - and I saw it! I was doing it! :) I can't seem to stop etiher... Uh-oh.
    Thank you for a great read. :)

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