When I had all boys it honestly never occured to me that some of them might be what I have come to refer to as “talkaholics”. After all, girls are supposed to have the need to use a lot more words than boys each day. I have found however that this is not the case for ALL boys…and somehow I got more than one that is a talkaholic.
I honestly do love to hear what they have to say….most of the time. Sometimes it is a little (or a lot) overwhelming but often, it’s amusing or even shockingly insightful.
From our resident Salesman, we have Mr Fix It mentality. You have a problem he has a solution. Yes, be afraid…be very afraid. When an 11 year old (who happens to know everything about everything) decides to tackle a problem or issue (regardless of whether he should have been involved in the conversation in the first place) the solutions are…shall we say interesting to say the least.
Monkey will often begin the day with a statement like “Mommy, I need to talk to you”, or “Mommy, I have something to tell you”. He literally demands your full undivided attention at that moment not a second later. Of course this is a bit unreasonable considering that there are 5 other boys vying for my attention but he doesn’t see it that way. He honestly believes that the world revolves around him and only him…problem is each and every sibling of his believes the same thing.
Bugs, though not as talkative as Salesman and Monkey still has to chime in with his ten cents worth throughout the day.
Sometimes, my ears are just tired by 6pm…TIRED!!! The brain goes into overload mode and there is no turning back the tide. I like to listen to them, but I have to admit that on the particularly loud days I’m not always sorry to see bedtime roll around. I suppose that’s terrible but hey, I have to be honest.
I wish I had the ability to document everything they say, in the fray of the moment though, there never seems to be anything to write or record with. I always just hope and pray that I can remember a tidbit again when I have a way to write it down later…sadly this doesn’t happen nearly enough.
So, as I try and challenge myself to come up with ways to be a more creative mom, I thought I would share with you as well.
The Challenge…
This week’s challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to spend a few minutes each day looking for a cute, funny, inspirational or simply interesting statement from at least one child and write it down.
Take it a step further by buying a cute journal at the store just to write these sayings down in. Make sure you write which child it is and the date they said it.
Simplify it…if you need it to be a little simpler, you can choose one child per week and even only write down two things that child said. That still is a lot of sayings when you add it all up through the years.
As usual ladies, I encourage you to chime in. Have a great week ladies.