The kids are all right

Cormac is officially walking. He also finally said his first word: “Uh-oh.” As you might imagine, that gets repeated a lot around here.

He also picks up my cell phone, flips it open and says “hello!”, then wanders around with it glued to his ear until I remember the cell phone = cancer story in the Post Gazette and snatch it back. He will eat anything you hand him, including raw vegetables from the garden and blackberries picked from the side of the driveway. He enjoys splashing in the toilet when I’m not looking and throwing tantrums if either of us leave the room.

Owen is, as you may have guessed, a pirate. He battles bad guys, sails the briny seas, fights bad guys, rescues assorted family members from “sea meepers,” duels bad guys, and captures a lot of gold treasure. He doesn’t eat much besides cereal and grilled cheese sandwiches, though the lure of ice cream has been enough to get him to finish his vegetables a time or two. He likes to wear shorts, his “superhero” tie-dyed t-shirt, and what he calls his “pirate shoes,” which are Old Navy flip-flops printed with the Jolly Roger.

Both of them are a handful, no doubt. I just plucked a dead worm out of Mackie’s mouth and made Owen stop using the broom as a weapon. But they’re holding up marvelously well during this transition, and I gotta give them a hand for that.

August 10, 2008 | Filed Under kids

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5 Responses to “The kids are all right”

DeeJay on August 11th, 2008 6:44 am

Uh, I could see it all playing out in my head as I read this post. Loved it! Hope you and dad are hanging in there as well.

Live, Laugh, Love!
Jen on August 11th, 2008 6:58 am

Sounds the same here … “uh oh” is the perfect word lately. I love the purposeful dumping of a bowl, followed by “uh oh”. Nope sweetie - you did that on purpose, that’s not an “uh oh”!
Christina on August 11th, 2008 8:16 pm

glad to hear your spawn transition well. Mine, not so much. You must have figured out a mommy secret. Pass it on, yo!
elizabeth on August 11th, 2008 10:36 pm

I’m glad the little boys are having such a nice time with the move. That’s the most important, isn’t it? After all the hauling and loading and putting away, if they’re still smiling, it’s all worth it. A whole knew place through their little eyes. It makes everything more exciting.

Glad the move went well!
Paula on August 16th, 2008 2:03 pm

Hello from Towson!

Some book recommendations for your pirate-in-training:

How I Became a Pirate, by Long and Shannon
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers, also Long & Shannon
Do Pirates Take Baths?, by Tucher and Westcott