Conversations with Spinner, #78
6/27/2009
MOM. . . MOM. . . MOM.
As I rouse from sleep to the sound of my name being called in a LOUD whisper I glance at the clock to find that it is 1:47. AM!!
Me: What is it Spinner?
Spinner: Um, mom? I was just thinking. . . and thought you should know. . .
Me: Yes, Spinner. What's going on?
Spinner: Well, I was just thinking that we don't have any REAL breakfast food for the morning. And I just thought you should know.
Me: I'm sorry. What?
Spinner: We are out of my favorite cereal. We don't have any more bagels. There are no more Eggo's and no more pop tarts.
Me: Is this a joke?
Spinner: No, mom. What am I going to eat in the morning?
Me: Nothing if you don't go back to bed right now.
Spinner: Mooooom?!
Me: Spinner. Go to bed, I will find something for you to eat in the morning.
Spinner: Okaaay.
For the record. He had toast and fruit. Poor deprived child.
While hanging out one afternoon Spinner asked what sorts of things made me cry.
Me: Well, I cry when something makes me sad.
Spinner: Like when I disobey? That makes you sad?
Me: No, not really like that. Do you remember when Lil passed away? That made me sad.
Spinner: Oh, yeah, that was sad. What else?
Me: Sometimes when I am scared. Like when Wil had his heart surgery.
Spinner: What else?
Me: Ummm. Sometimes when I am happy or proud I cry.
Spinner: Happy tears. Like when?
Me: Like the last day of school when we came to your classroom and Mrs. Mattox showed us the video from your school year. I got a little teary thinking about how much you had grown during the year. How much you had learned in Kindergarten.
Spinner: I cried a little that day, too.
Me: Oh yeah? Why did you cry?
Spinner: I cried because I was so so happy that I was done with Kindergarten and was being TRANSFORMED into a first grader! Thinking about that really made me cry a little.
As I rouse from sleep to the sound of my name being called in a LOUD whisper I glance at the clock to find that it is 1:47. AM!!
Me: What is it Spinner?
Spinner: Um, mom? I was just thinking. . . and thought you should know. . .
Me: Yes, Spinner. What's going on?
Spinner: Well, I was just thinking that we don't have any REAL breakfast food for the morning. And I just thought you should know.
Me: I'm sorry. What?
Spinner: We are out of my favorite cereal. We don't have any more bagels. There are no more Eggo's and no more pop tarts.
Me: Is this a joke?
Spinner: No, mom. What am I going to eat in the morning?
Me: Nothing if you don't go back to bed right now.
Spinner: Mooooom?!
Me: Spinner. Go to bed, I will find something for you to eat in the morning.
Spinner: Okaaay.
For the record. He had toast and fruit. Poor deprived child.
While hanging out one afternoon Spinner asked what sorts of things made me cry.
Me: Well, I cry when something makes me sad.
Spinner: Like when I disobey? That makes you sad?
Me: No, not really like that. Do you remember when Lil passed away? That made me sad.
Spinner: Oh, yeah, that was sad. What else?
Me: Sometimes when I am scared. Like when Wil had his heart surgery.
Spinner: What else?
Me: Ummm. Sometimes when I am happy or proud I cry.
Spinner: Happy tears. Like when?
Me: Like the last day of school when we came to your classroom and Mrs. Mattox showed us the video from your school year. I got a little teary thinking about how much you had grown during the year. How much you had learned in Kindergarten.
Spinner: I cried a little that day, too.
Me: Oh yeah? Why did you cry?
Spinner: I cried because I was so so happy that I was done with Kindergarten and was being TRANSFORMED into a first grader! Thinking about that really made me cry a little.
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3 comments:
If I didn't know Spinner, I wouldn't believe it! HILARIOUS! Just so you know, some of us like to know what's going to be served at certain meals just so we can prepare ourselves... I can totally relate.
Love it! He is so funny. I can relate to him about the worrying about the next day's breakfast. I worry so much about my "tomorrow to do list" in bed the night before, that I sometimes want to get up and do it all right away instead of waiting for the next day.
Too funny!
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