It pains me to share this, but it has been revealed to me, by my youngest child, that I am not the best mom. This revelation was made in the car on the way home today, during a conversation about show-and-tell. Chase missed his show-and-tell opportunity this morning when he attempted to find his prized wind-up frog at the last minute and had to be hustled out the door, sans frog. There were many tears on his part, and admonishments on my part that if he would put his toys away where they belonged, he'd be able to find them more easily.
So, on the way home today, I asked him if many kids brought something for show-and-tell. Maren almost never brought anything when she was in preschool, but to hear Chase talk about it, nearly every child assigned to Monday as a show-and-tell day had something to share today. After listening to him list all the kids' names, I helpfully pointed out that he didn't necessarily have to bring something to show for show-and-tell. He could just TELL the class something. Like, he could tell everyone what a great mom he had! That he had the BEST mom! That his mom takes such good care of him, and cooks him good food, and makes cookies, and etc. etc. etc. And Chase looked at me in the rear view mirror and said, "You're not the best mom." I was undaunted... so far... so I challenged him: "If I'm not the best mom, who is?"
And Chase said, "Tacy."
No reason why. She just is.
Fine, then.
PS: Tacy, if you're reading this... I don't think you can be my friend anymore.
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I asked Chase who the best Dad, he replied 'Scott'...Scott and Tacy are you willing to adopt him?
And, quite frankly, they can have him. Today he casually mentioned that he was "kicked out of housekeeping (play area) for the rest of the week." When I not-so-casually asked why, he considered, and then said, "I don't remember. Just forget about it."
Just let me know when they can pick him up. I'll have everything packed and ready.
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