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It’s all of the little things…A sweet tale from the #landofcute.
So, not long ago Marcus got his first robe. It’s a hand me down from his cousin Jonah Cooper, who is now 6’4 (and dashingly handsome). So the other day we bought Marcus his first pair of slippers. The MOMENT we got home on top of his clothes he put on his robe and his new slippers. He would have slept in both had I not intervened.
It’s the end of the day, Marcus is in bed and I am sitting next to him and we are listening to The Magician’s Nephew. Marcus pipes up ” I think I would like to have a nightcap”
I am remain dead silent, I know a tale from the #landofcute is coming. I have no idea if he wants vodka or a hat. So, I ask
“What do you mean?”
“Well now that I have a robe and slippers, I think I need a night cap” and I am thinking to my self, where does he even know about night caps?
“Hmmmm, Let’s talk about it tomorrow”
“Good night Mommy”
“Good night Marcus. Love you”
“Love you too”
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A gastrointestinal tale from the #landofcute
So today I told Marcus that my biological mother, who lives in Calgary has Celiac disease.
“What’s that?”
I explained to Marcus how the disease worked and how L Deborah Sword cannot eat any wheat or she can get really sick.
“What about cookies? Can she eat any cookies?” On and on he started to understand all of the products with wheat in them. He was very distraught for her.
“Mommy, can we send her some flowers?”
“Really?”
“Yes, and the card should read “I hope you like the flowers and I am sorry you can’t eat wheat”
So we did. She was so tickled.
Last night when Marcus saw the huge half moon he said in a mystical voice.
“Magical things happen on a night when the moon is so beautiful”
“Yeah, like what?”
He lowers his voice and says
“Baby iguanas are being born”
So the other night Marcus and I are driving home and Marcus out of no where says….
“Mommy you should open a bakery!”
“Really, why?”
“So we can eat cookies and cakes and make bread…..pause..When I grow up I am going to have a wife and a child” I pause thinking this is so cute.
Mommy “When you grow up you can have more than one child.”
His eyes opened wide and he said “I can have 10 children! or 9 or 8 or 7 or 6 or 5…..” pause
“It is a good idea to have as many children as you can afford to feed”
I kid you not he said “Well that is why I want you to open the bakery, so we can all live upstairs. You and me and daddy and all of my children and we can be warm from the bakery and eat all of the food we bake”
Where does he come up with this stuff? I want to eat him!
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A what is really necessary tale from the #landofcute
Marcus and Gary just left for an “Explore” of the forest.
Marcus “Daddy and I are going on an adventure!”
Mommy “What do you need for your adventure?”
Marcus ran around the house and put his tool box and his wee portable piano in his knapsac.
Marcus “So, we can stop and make music and fix things along the way that are broken”
…….and off they went.
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An obedient tale from the #landofcute
After all was said and done, and the enormous bag of candy was put away, I turned to Marcus and said
“Do you know how much I love you?”
Marcus “Do you love me enough to obey everything I say?”
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A thoughtful Yom Kippur moment from the #landofcute
Mommy “Some Jewish people take a chicken and swing it over their heads just before Yom Kippur”
Eyes wide open…”What for?”
“Well, we say a prayer and as we swing it, we give the chickens our sins, and we ask god to forgive us for the sins we have committed”
Best question….”What is a sin?”
“Well, Stealing would be a sin, being mean to other people is a sin”
“Well, what happens to the chicken?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, what does the chicken swing over it’s head to get rid of it’s sin?”
“A mouse!”
“Annnnnd what does a mouse swing?”
“A fly!”
“And what does a fly swing?”
“An ant!”
“And what does an ant swing?”
“An atom!”
“Hmmmmm, I guess the sin filled atom just has to float in the air until it disappears”
“I guess so”
Marcus “This reminds me old lady who swallowed the fly”
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A financial tale from the #landofcute
Marcus knows that I set aside money for him every week. The dimes nickles and quarters go into his Finding Nemo piggy bank (thank you Lori Sone-Cooper!) and the loonies and twonies go into a beautifully painted African themed pot (Thank you L Deborah Sword). Today Marcus asked me to help him count all of his money. So, we did. After we finished counting it all up he said “We should go buy something!” and I answered
“This money we are saving for when you to got to university or for your first trip to Israel”
“Mommy” His voice sounding so sincere, “Lets take all of the big money (loonies and twonies) and put it back in here. Then let’s take all of the small money and take it to the mall so we can give it to poor people” I felt very proud
He was looking at me like “Isn’t this a great idea?!?”
I took a quiet deep breath in and said. “Marcus, I don’t think we are going to find poor people at the Pickering Town Center. But, I think you should take this money with you when you head down town tonight with daddy. Deal?”
“Deal” and we gave each other a high five!
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I have two tales from the #landofcute The other day I saw the tiniest rose on my rose bush. It was so tender and sweet so I showed it to Marcus. He suggested that I put it in a vase and put it on the dinning table. So I did. I went to show him how nice the table looked and he said “I want to decorate the table too! Close your eyes” When I opened them he had put our globe on the table next to the bud vase. My kid has style and a very large sense of home.
Today, we went to the movies. Why not? It was such a rainy day. I said to him in the car “One day you will take your kids to the movies on a rainy day” “Yeah!” he said “Marcus, do you want to have boys or girls?” “Girls, they are so sweet and nice and they are much smarter than boys”
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A tale from the #landofcute . Our plans changed this August and I realised pretty quickly (and selfishly) that I wanted Marcus and I to spend the month together. For the most part after setting up my crew he and I could take off and have wonderful adventures. There are other days however, where I just had to schlep him along to the garden center. I always worry that he will be bored. I should not have worried….
"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
