We were role playing how to graciously receive a gift one night (gotta teach those social skills). The lesson we were trying to teach was to say thank you and one nice thing about the gift … no matter what it is! It was Billy’s turn and I “gave” him a pink headband. He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you. I like to wear headbands when I work out!”
Tommy is obsessed with chicken nuggets so for Christmas, my sister gave him a gift card to McDonalds. He was SO excited!! Kevin asked him if he liked his “chicken nuggets” from Aunt Suzy and Tommy said, “There’s french fries, too!” Then he turned to Billy and said, “This is my credit card for chicken nuggets and French fries!” Tommy didn’t put that card down for the rest of the afternoon.
A week before Christmas illness struck our home. Kevin, Ricky, Rusty, and Tommy all got a nasty stomach bug. It was fairly short-lived, but they all got it at once. I actually sent Billy to school with the thought “it’s more healthy there than here!” My boys are all pretty good at using the toilet for throwing up or at least a bucket, however, Tommy didn’t make it to either once and as I prepared to clean it up, he said to Ricky, “Wicky, don’t go over there by the throw up I made. That is my cat barf.” (Perhaps he’s seen the after effects of our cats having hair balls one too many times!)
We went for a family drive to look at Christmas lights. While we were enjoying the lights at the Roy City building, we noticed one large pine tree had been synchronized to a radio station. Billy said, “That…Is….So….Coooool!” Ricky wanted to know how it worked and Kevin told him that the tree was listening to the radio. Ricky thought for a moment and said, “we should get a tree like that.”
Tommy falls down a lot. We really should get him some skid-proof socks. He runs and walks with a bounce and our hardwood floors are just too slippery for that! He also bumps into things and rolls off of things … he’s all boy! The nice thing is that he rarely gets very hurt. What usually happens, and I what I frequently hear, is a thud followed by that sweet little voice calling out, “I’m okay!”