I am sure he really loves me…
The other day, Duke and I were off to school and he looks up at me and says, “Mama, I love you.”
me: “Oh, Buddy, I love you too. Do you know how much Mama loves you?”
Duke: (Spreads his arms as wide as possible): “So Much.”
me: (heart breaking wide open from the love in the air): “Yes, that much and so much more.” then, getting cocky, “How much do you love Mama?”
Duke: (Arms still wide open): “Not so much.”
me: dies.
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Driving around before Christmas, Duke screams from the backseat.
“I see God.”
Every person in the car looks around and say collectively, “Where?”
Duke: “There” pointing to a house decorated for Christmas, with a Nativity in front.
Guessing he was talking about the Nativity scene, we U-turn and go back and ask: “Duke, which one is God?”
Duke: points at a wiseman — “There in the purple robe.”
Me: “Oh, sweetie, that’s a wiseman, not God. However, they haven’t put the baby Jesus out yet — when he gets there that’s God.”
Duke: “Oh. ok. I saw the Foolish Man.”
The adults all giggled just enough for Duke to call the wisemen “foolish men” for about a day or so.
This lead to many songs about the foolish man building a house upon the sand.
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In distressing news, there appears to be a rash of thefts outside of Duke’s school during the morning drop off. This morning one mom of a girl in Duke’s class had her diaper bag stolen out of her car. The window was smashed and they got the diaper bag. In chatting with the mom, she was bummed over a check that had to be re-issued, but mostly over the loss of the great bag she’d gotten a deal on. I had to giggle because apparently the thief isn’t too smart — doesn’t he know that mamas have no money and what you are going to get is awesome diaper bags and wipes?
Now, I know what diaper bag she had and it cost more than any purse I’ve ever carried — possibly all my bags put together. Even still what a pain. Of course, I’m told this the one day I drove to pick Duke up from school and of course had left my purse in the car. So, when Duke got out of class, I hurried him off to confirm that there was no window breakage and my bag was still there. (They were.)
Finally, the brain child who is breaking windows for diaper bags missed the fact that two mothers also parked in the same area had unlocked doors and WALLETS on their dashboards. Why steal cash when you could steal baby wipes, right?
January 9th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Near our downtown, if you park on the street, lock your car, and have any change (even pennies) in sight, people will break your windows (I guess in the hope that there’s more). A friend has had her car parked on the street outside her house (no driveway), and it’s been broken into 3 times in probably 3 years, all for loose change.