Interview with Jack

May 4, 2011 By 1 Comment

I got this idea from my friend and fellow blogger Cathy.  Brilliant!  I’m not sure what to think about all of Jack’s ‘I don’t knows’ but it’s nice that he thinks I’m super generous with my money.  ;)

1.What is something I always say to you? I love you

2. What makes me happy? when I hug you

3. What makes me sad? when you get hurt

4. How do I make you laugh? when you stare at me

5. What do you think I was like as a child? I don’t know

6. How old am I? 16

7. How tall am I? short and tall

8. What is my favorite thing to do? go watch movies with me

9. What do I do when you’re not around? work

10. If I become famous, what will it be for? I don’t know

11. What am I really good at? playing with me

12. What am I not really good at? playing the Scooby Doo Match game

13. What is my job? I don’t know

14. What is my favorite food? I don’t know

15. What makes you proud of me? when you go to theaters with me

16. What makes me proud of you? when I’m good at playing with you

17. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be? Daphne from Scooby Doo

18. What do you and I do together? I don’t know…

19. How are we the same? Our hair matches

20. How are you and I different? We look different from each other.

21. How do you know that I love you? because you hold up the symbol [I love you in sign language]

22. Where is my favorite place to go? going to the JCC?

23. What is one thing you wish you could change about me? nothing

24. What would I do with a million dollars? give ‘em to other people and have enough dollars

25. What do you wish you could go and do with me? I wish we could fly.  I could even flap like a humming bird!

 

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Trip to the SF Zoo

September 1, 2010 By 1 Comment

Sunday Jack and I went to the San Francisco Zoo.  A trip to the zoo was on my list of 110 Goals for 2010 and when I happened to look on the website Saturday I found out kids were free in August.  Off we went for some more mom/son time.  We rented a little push Jeep thingy because Jack “doesn’t like to walk.”  He did like to stand in it, though, and stick his legs out.  Kid likes to give me heart attacks!  At least I got exercise pushing my 40 lb kid around for a couple hours.

The zoo was bigger than I expected and we didn’t get to see everything in our 2.5 hours there but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  We took pictures together in a photo booth and Jack posed by this begging giraffe.  Probably only in San Francisco can a kid wear sweat pants and a long sleeved shirt in summer.

Strangely, Jack would not let the photographer at the entrance of the zoo take his picture so there are no pictures of the two of us.  He hid his face between his knees.  I could tell the photographer was getting a little upset that he couldn’t get Jack to cooperate so we had to make a break for it with my muttered apology.  Poor photographer probably wasn’t ready to be tested by Jack’s stubborn willpower.  :P

It was really nice to get two adventures in with Jack over the weekend.  I was a little alarmed when at one point Jack said to me, “Mom, you shouldn’t be a mom.”  I had to gather myself a bit before asking for more information about that statement, and I was relieved when he said, “You are fun and I like you and you should be a dad.”  Hm, okay then.  At least he likes me!

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Family Alien Day

August 30, 2010 By 2 Comments

David was out of town for his bachelor party this weekend, so Jack and I hung out together solo.  It struck me on Friday that this weekend was a fabulous opportunity for the two of us to have quality mom/son time before I go out of the country for 9 days.  I ignored all my other responsibilities and focused on Jack – it was fabulous!

I happily found out that Habitot in Berkeley was having a Family Alien Day (even better – we got half off the tickets because we are members of the Bay Area Discovery Museum).  I saved the news until Saturday morning because I knew Jack would freak out with excitement.  He nearly had a breakdown when he realized he didn’t have any green alien gear and tried to insist that we go to the store to get him a proper outfit. Instead I convinced him that his Superman (pajama) costume was perfect.  After all, Superman is like THE most famous alien ever!

Prior to Saturday we had never been to Habitot.  I had no idea what Jack was missing out on.  As soon as we walked in there was a big mock space shuttle complete with keyboards, buttons, joysticks for steering…Jack spent the majority of his time in that thing.  He had so much fun pretending to dodge asteroids and steer the ship out of craters.  (I spent much of the time imagining how I could get David to build a space shuttle bed for Jack.  Wouldn’t that be SO COOL?)  There was a control station with buttons that made shooting noises outside of the shuttle and Jack thought it was great.  I was amused watching the kids negotiate with one another and I could barely contain my laughter when a child dressed as Batman tried to start the good old Batman vs. Superman debate.  Jack just walked away from the kid.

We did some face painting, enjoyed crater cookies and space punch, and experimented with space goo.  Jack wore himself out running around.  We headed home and both took 3 hour naps.  It was a perfect day.

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Sweet dreams

November 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

As much as I feel impatience when Jack and I go through the bedtime routine every night, I also cherish those special moments.

I love that, no matter what, we have time set aside each night to read books and talk about the stories.

I love that we will always say goodnight with a multitude of hugs and kisses. I love hearing him whisper, “I love you, mom” with a sigh.

I love discussing what he wants to dream about.

I love that when I tell him to close his eyes he replies, “I just want to close one eye.”

I love snuggling up to him, smelling his neck and nuzzling his skin while I hold his hand or caress his hair. It soothes me as well as him. It’s so soothing, in fact, that I have fallen asleep right next to him more often than not.

Even though I don’t love listening to him call for me over and over again when he should be drifting off to sleep, I love that he knows I will answer if he doesn’t give up calling.

I love that face. Photo (c) 2009 Sarah ReedeI love that face. Photo by @Sarahndipitea
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