Sir!
There is an ever so slight spousal disagreement going on in reaction to our oldest son's entry into pre-pubescent lunacy.
Let's just say that one of us thinks he's funny and laughs at him.
The other rolls his (or her) eyes and gives his (or her) soulmate the look of "don't encourage this!"
The phase no doubt will be short and is merely a precipice to full pubescent lunacy. And that lunacy might not be so funny.
Deer Boy's answer to every request, assignment, comment is the word ... "Sir" ... with a slight lisp to sound like "thir" with his nose scrunched up and teeth bared.
All of us in the house (except for the grownup parent) are now saying it also.
There's also the "scream and run." He has a high-pitched little girl scream that emits when he is startled, acting like he's startled, has to do a math assignment, take out the trash or is being chased by a sibling. Both parents agree it's highly annoying but at least one parent sees the boy becoming a man and wishes she (or he) could get this on video to show at his wedding rehearsal or senior banquet.
The amused parent has been in a funk where most of the time everything in the world appears broken, believes her (or his) efforts are all futile and she (or he) has a bad attitude about everything ...
so let's take the laughs where we can get them!
SIR!
Posted in: on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at at 7:41 AM
