Since then Andrew thinks he has grown up and become a man. That is his new favorite thing to talk about. It seems like all I hear is ... "Mom, when I grow up and become a man..." Today he was hilarious! Very serious, but hilarious! We were all sitting around the table for lunch and the conversation went something like this...
Andrew: Dad, when I am a man will I still live with you?
Phil: No, you will move out and get your own place.
Andrew: Will someone give me a car?
Phil: No, you will buy your own car with the money you earn from working at your job. You might also be going to college. Maybe you will fall in love with a pretty girl and get married.
At this point in the conversation I was in the kitchen loading the dishwasher and I happened to look up and notice Andrew had tears forming in his eyes and his lower lip was quivering.
Andrew quietly answered: I will miss you, daddy.
Me: Andrew you don't have to move out now. You aren't a man yet. You get to live with mommy and daddy for a long time.
Andrew: Okay. Mommy, where do you buy cars at.
Me: At a store that sells them.
Phil: Or you can buy someone's old one that they don't want anymore.
Andrew: Can I buy your green car, Dad?
My handsome little man!
2 comments:
Wow - a new place! Hope you can settled in pretty quickly - it's hard to move I know. The conversation with Andrew is so funny - I think I would love Andrew - he sounds just like one of my boys. Happy unpacking!
My now 17 year old son once said, "Mom, when I grow up and become a preacher, will you come to my church?" I said, "Well, if God sends you to a church in another town, I probably won't."
And, he said, "I'm pretty sure God will send me to preach in a town close to home."
Now, sniff, sniff, he plans to join the Navy Seals and leave his Mommy far behing.
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