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A bit of advice from the #landofcute

Sometimes, you should buy a package of balloons and blow them all up and leave them on the floor of your child’s room in the middle of the night while they are sleeping. The delight of watching their confusion in the morning is awesome. So is the balloon fight that had to happen….3 days in a row. There is one warning. They migrate…to the the tub, the car and the living room. Good luck!

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A birthdate tale from the #landofcute

So, Marcus and I were at the doctor’s the other day and the nurse asked him
“When is your birthday?”
“May 26th”
“What year were you born?” And Marcus replied…
“The year of the dragon!”And made a scary face with his claws extended.
The nurse was Chinese and had a great belly laugh. An astrological conversation ensued. He now knows he was born in 2010, but I think his answer was far better.

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A magical tale from the #landofcute
So this week Marcus is at a wonderful camp called Riverwood with his best friend Lucas. It is so beautiful there. It looks out over lake Ontario at the Petticoat Creek Provincial Park. The best part is that it is 20 min from my house!

So, I signed Marcus up for multi sport in the morning and a general camp program for the afternoon. Yesterday when I picked him up he said camp was “awesome”! But Mommy, I am not a sporty kid”
“Well, it is just for a week”
Marcus is at a stage where he gets really upset if he doesn’t do well at sports. I knew it could go either way, he could continue to feel challenged or find just the right councillor to coach him along the way and turn a corner. I decided to stick it out.
Marcus decided to take matters into his own hands today. Rather than wasting time complaining to his councillor, he asked who the camp director was. He approached her and said “Hello, I am Marcus and I am not a sporty kind of kid, are there any other programs I can sign up for?”
The camp director when we spoke later said he was so polite and asked in such a gown up fashion she felt compelled to help him out. So, she told him ” We have magic class still available, would you like to try that?” Marcus loved the idea. Rowan said “Well, we have to call your mom and ask if it is OK first”
” I know mom’s telephone number off by heart. Just call her right now and ask her” So, she did. She left a message on my cell phone and I could hear Marcus prompting her in the back ground and giggling excitedly…..what a kid.
The funny thing is, when I first heard there was a magic program I thought for sure Marcus will love it, but let’s work on this not liking sports thing first…I have learned my lesson. The boy has spoken.

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A future Minecraft tale from the #landofcute.
“Mommy! My new friend Aiden has an XBOX 360!!!!” he shouted with excitement…….pause, quizzical look….”Mommy, what’s an Xbox?”

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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.

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A magical tale from the #landofcute

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”

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A future tale from the #landofcute

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?”