Just thinking over the past few days. Here are a few images that immediately come to mind.
Janzen (My step son. The NICEST, SWEETEST kid in all of creation.) and I playing Karaoke Revolution together. His signature numbers: What I Like About You, I Love Rock and Roll, Start Me Up. We wanted to get a perfect score on a duet--so we tried Uptown Girl. He sang the lead--I the back up. That kid has such a competitive streak. We must have sang that song 15 times--but never quite got the "diamond" record. I can hear him in my head "She's been living in her uptown world. As long as anyone with hot blood can. And now she's looking for a downtown man. That's what I am."
Sophie, at the dollar store sporting a pair of reindeer antlers on a head band. The antlers were wired, and one was bent. She came up to me with this perfectly crafted melancholy look on her face and said, "I'm the saddest reindeer."
Sophie again, waking me up this morning, naked from the waist down. She said, "Look what I did!" I look closely and see the 3 bandaids she had put on--right across her butt crack, as though to hold the two cheeks together. (Her dad was watching her. Really.)
Janzen at the library--Sophie in his lap, reading her "The Bathtub Grandpa."
So--tomorrow my assignment for Thanksgiving is pies. I'm just a bit flattered--I think the first Thanksgiving I was married, I was asked to bring ice or something. I'm no Katy in the kitchen, but the pie gods have smiled on me, and yes, I can bake a pretty bitchin' pie. I'm going to shake things up just a little this year. I found a pumpkin pie recipe that uses real maple syrup for the sweetener that I'm going to try out. In addition to that, I'm making a lemon sour cream pie, and a coconut cream. (OK--Erik may have married me for my coconut cream pie. His family asks me to bring it to all of their functions. But--the truth is, it's the easiest pie to make EVER in all of creation. Takes 15 minutes, tops. If you want the recipe--let me know. I'm to lazy to type it up if no one wants it.)
Today's best thing about being a mom:
Sliding down the slide together.
Today's worst thing about being a mom:
As I sit here, she's yelling at me, "Mom! Draw me a beautiful meadow! With flowers! RIGHT NOW!"
6 comments:
so cute and sweet, all of them. so how do you get something perfect on karaoke revolution? like, you get all the words?
ho-anne this year didn't ask me to bring anything for thanksgiving. not even goddamn ice. oh wait, she did ask sean to bring BEER. I told her I was bringing a sweet potato casserole and that I would make sure it was piping hot so I could shove her face in it when I see her, the bitch.
god, sometimes I hate thanksgiving and it's sad because you're supposed to be thankful. usually the only thing I'm thankful for at her house is that I get to leave soon.
oh, and I'd ask for the coconut cream pie recipe but I hate coconut. but...sean likes it, and his birthday is coming up, so...can you send it to me?
yummmmmmmy.....P.I.E.
The saddest reindeer indeed. It's great that you and Janzen have such a good relationship. Mmmm. Pie! And lemon sour pie sounds SO good. Yum.
I too would love a coconut pie recipe.
As long as anyone with hot blood can. I had NO idea these are the lyrics. I thought they were saying something something hot for chance.
I don't know what "hot for chance" means, either.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Those are things to be thankful about. Have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow with all of your loved ones. It seems like Sophie has the same level of patience as Dermot. If something isn't done right now the world will end.
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