August 28th, 2008
Herr Construction Worker
Can I apologize for being so remiss? I love both MamaGeek and Cecily, yet this is the first time I’ve joined in on their Photo Story Friday. I am so sorry ladies. I’m a lousy blog friend.
I finally took a picture! Can you believe it? Neither can I. I am embarrassed at how long it’s been since I did my motherly duty & showed off the tyke. My poor (as opposed to Burgh’s) Mr Canon has been idle for weeks. Partially this is due to Knute’s refusal to pose and partially it is that I am a lazy fat ass. True story.
I was blogging diligently cleaning my house yesterday, when I heard a big KABOOM! in the kitchen. Oh, boy. What’s Knute up to now? I walked in to find my change jar upended on the floor and boy wonder sitting in a pile of currency.
“Knute! What are you doing?” I asked while trying not to smile.
“I’m cleaning up the dirt, Mommy - with my dump truck,” he said proudly.
“Well, so you are. Knute? Can Mom take your picture?” He’s been so adament about NOT having his picture taken I was shocked to hear him say, “Sure Momma.”
Now, you know my darling is rather petrified of dirty hands. His fear approaches OCD like tendencies. When he’s thrown up? He could give a carp (my new word for crap, yo) about the vile smelling puke; it’s all about his dirty hands. Last weekend at my BFF’s son’s birthday party? They had to dig up the pirate treasure in the flower bed. My son? Wouldn’t stoop to getting so dirty and watched from the perimeter. And, actually while playing in the raised sandbox plastic thingy, he would stop every so often to “wash” his hands in the grass. I’ve often worried what this might mean, because boys are supposed to get good and dirty. Leave it to my Knute to come up with an alternative. Only Knute would create dirty out of my spare change. That boy is such an engineer in the making. I loved his face when he realized money was, in fact, also dirty. “Momma, I need to wash my hands!
Lord help me. A 32 year old engineer and a 3 year old one. I’m totally outnumbered here. Help. Send reinforcements!
"A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt






