So we decided to celebrate last night (the reason coming in an upcoming post) so Sara and I take the two little ones (Joseph was sleeping over at a friends house) to the Mexican Restaurant a few blocks away. We walked because the weather was warmer than it had been lately and the need to just get out.
By the time we get to the restaurant, Parker is so tired he can hardly stand it and he is hungry too. And Kallsen is at the stage where he can't sit still. So we order right away and Parker is crying, Kallsen can't decide if he should sit in the booth, stand in the booth or climb under the table. Parker's nose is running, he takes straw and tries to drink the salsa and Kallsen dumps his lemonade. And this is only the beginning.
As many of you know I drink protein shakes for breakfast and lunch most every day. I normally use a Blender Bottle® to mix my shakes but on Saturdays I use an actual blender because I like the shake frothy. Well we were sitting on the restaurant side nearest the bar. When the bar tender started making some frozen drinks, Kallsen and Parker both turn to look and Kallsen starts yelling shake, Daddy, shake! The Sara comments on the blender making the same kind of noise that our blender makes. Then Kallsen, just when the blender stops, decided to yell as loud as he can (in a crowded restaurant) 'shake, shake, shake my booty!' The old KC and the Sunshine band song.
He learned that song on a recent trip to my parents when the song came on the radio and I was singing the song to entertain the kids.
Kids. You gotta love 'em.
4 comments:
That's funny! Such a proud moment.
That is wonderful! I look forward to such moments (of course, I say that now).
The question of course is how do you tame the spirited child without killing their spirit?
Well hopefully well get that answer this week. A specialist on the Spirited Child is doing a seminar in Estherville Tuesday. We're going to hopefully learn how to mold our children's spirit without taking that spirit away.
I've got to tell you...Kallsen is a spirited child. We love him dearly. And we often wonder how do we raise him to be whom he is without squashing his spirit? Not an easy task.
That's great! I needed a good laugh!
I can lend you my book on raising spirited children. It made all the difference with Josh.
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