Missed Me, Missed Me, Now You Gotta Kiss Me!

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I just love the innocence of youth. I eat it up every day. Our home has a hall that overlooks our living room. My husband likes to throw his socks at our sons as they watch cartoons in the morning. If he misses, I hear "Missed me, missed me, now you gotta kiss me!" And then a lot of running, screaming and smooching sounds fill the air. I love it!

There are raucous games of "Tickle Monster", over flowing bubble baths, games of tag, and all sorts of wonderful fun things that we enjoyed as kids but sometimes lose track of until we relive them with our own kids. Reading stories at night, playing with play dough, singing silly songs, all fun stuff that I am eating up while I can. People constantly warn me of how some day they won't want to hang out with mom and dad anymore. I am too focused on what we have right now to worry about that.

Having little ones is rough when it comes to sickness, lack of sleep, lack of privacy etc, but I think the good far outweigh the bad. Sure, I whine about the bad but boy am I thankful for the good stuff! My blog is called More than just Mommy but just Mommy isn't too bad a gig ;)
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
I know I complain sometimes about wanting to have my own identity, but really, being a mom to my kids and wife to Dave is the best damn job I ever had. I love to hear them laugh, to see my husband interact with them, to listen to their chatter. Jake especially..he's the littlest, and he's so..innocent, I suppose. He said something a while back that I think I'll carry with me forever..we were going to watch a movie, and he asked what kind of movie it was. "Action, I think" I said.
"Oh! That means it has a lot of verbs in it then! 'cause them are action words, ya know"...he said it so seriously...I had to get up and leave the room so he wouldn't see me laughing. *sigh*..seriously, there's nothing I'd rather do...
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
There is one job, that is better, that is being grandmother. You get to see them when you want and they sleep at home and don't disturb your sleep. Just kidding. My twins were so precious. It was hard but they were so much fun and I played with them and wasn't a slave to my house.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dharma, I can tell you know exactly what I'm talking about. Do your kids sing little songs too? My 7yr old makes up his own songs all the time. He is usually singing them while playing in his room. My hubby and I love to sit outside and listen.

What your little guys said about verbs sounds exactly like the sort of thing my 7yr old says all the time. You have to be careful about laughing don't you. They are so sweet!

You really have to watch what you say too. I tease my kids by saying "don't make me beat you!" Of course I never beat them. Well one day my 3yr old got mad at the 7yr old. He got a very serious look on his face, crossed his arms and said "Don't make me beat you!" From my lips to theirs..........oops.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
*clap* throwing socks....cartoons....I love my kids! I have 2 boys 7 and 4. Home-schooled too! Peace.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I find your stories absolutely charming, I had my children raised by capable nannies. I was too busy being a magnate to throw socks at my children.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Jill, I know exactly what you mean. I have two boys, one will be five on the 1st and one is 1 1/2. It's so fun watching them develop their own personalities. Caleb (the elder) and Kyle have such different personalities, it's fun to watch them interact with things because they both respond so differently.

Isn't it amazing about kids ability to just absorb knowledge? We're getting ready to enroll Caleb in kindergarten this year and we just went to school to pick up the paperwork. On the drive back, my wife was reading the little pamphlet they give you to let you know what skills they will be teaching to your kids. I can't believe that he can already do a lot of the things that they are going to teach my son! I am hoping that kindergarten will build up his social skills, as we've been somewhat unfortunate to live in places that does not have kids his age to play with.

When we first had Caleb, I couldn't imagine life as a dad. Now, I can't imagine life without my kids.

-- B
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Boys are so much fun! Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a daughter (not banking on it though) but boys are great! Girls seem to mature a lot faster and I don't see that as a good thing. Maybe parenting has a lot to do with that though. I can sing the praises of boys though because I don't have any girls. Maybe girls are just as much fun.

Mr Frog, I know what you mean about not being able to imagine your life without them. They really change you in ways you could have never imagined.

Sir Peter, thank you. Maybe you will have time to throw socks at your grandchildren some day
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
My 7yr old makes up his own songs all the time. He is usually singing them while playing in his room. My hubby and I love to sit outside and listen


Boys are so much fun! Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a daughter (not banking on it though) but boys are great! Girls seem to mature a lot faster and I don't see that as a good thing. Maybe parenting has a lot to do with that though. I can sing the praises of boys though because I don't have any girls. Maybe girls are just as much fun.


Kole talks incessantly. To me, to people we know and to inanimate objects. I agree, I love hearing her make up her songs and little stories to herself.

I always wanted a boy. I figured I'd be better able to play with them, as I'm not into the traditionally 'girly' stuff. Well, I must admit that I like having the opportunity to raise a girl. To try to help her assert herself, to show her that there really isn't any need to go for 'girl' stuff and 'boy' stuff... just stuff that she likes. I agree, that there are things that she is interested in that seem ahead of her age, but she's also super-affectionate and cuddly- which other boys her own age are slowly starting to rail against. I've often wondered how difficult it would be to have more than one child... it seems so overwhelming at times, to just have one that I can't begin to imagine more than that, now!
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Girls seem to mature a lot faster and I don't see that as a good thing


Hah, boys never mature! We still laugh at fart and dick jokes even when we're "grown-up". My wife shakes her head at me when I do "stupid boy stuff." Heh. Guess I'll never grow up.


Now where's that magnifying glass, I see some ants here.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
I loved this! It brought a huge cheesy grin to my face. My daddy used to make me come back to his room with him and mom to watch Wiley Coyote. I was the only kid that got to cuz I was "the baby".

We used to kiss our parents on the lips, and I can't really remember when that stopped, but now it seems absolutely repusive.

You have a wonderful family.

Trinitie
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mr Frog, my husband never grew up either. He still has his Legos and plays with them. Still instigates the occasional water gun fight. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Trin, thanks. Glad to make you grin. We have a very silly family. Our house is usually filled with giggles and squeals. Toys are strewn everywhere. Some people call it a mess, we call it fun. I think I would have a nervous breakdown if I worried about my house being tidy all the time. I like it to be clean and organized but can accept the fact that life happens and life can be messy (especially if it involves play dough or slime!).