Mexican Hat dance
I bimble around the garden muttering to myself as my youngest son sits in the shade in his underpants and a Mario baseball cap. He is busily occupied pushing playdough through the mesh table top, to form piles of neon spaghetti on the ground beneath. It’s a tough work out for feeble little fingers, but the texture is no longer torture.
He is a study in concentration, oblivious to my presence. It is a rare sight indeed to see him sitting. I suspect that the same mesh pattern may be imprinted elsewhere upon his person, testament to his increasing powers of endurance. “It is so hot! We really shouldn’t be out in the sun you know.”
“I am not…..in dah sun,” he remarks, checking the dappled light through the foliage of the pergola.
“Hmm. I think I need a hat or something?”
“Big hat. Little cloves.”
It’s a valid point but I am way beyond the age where a bikini can be a realistic option.
“I swear it must be 100 degree out here!”
“No swear! Bad to be swear.”
“Oh that’s not swearing as such.”
“It is be dah figure of speech?”
I rip off the sweaty gardening gloves and step over to him. His minimalist approach to language and conversation is so often peppered with huge lumps of sophistication, if I were only paying attention.
Stumble it!
June 6th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Good job, little guy.
It’s going to be 100 degrees here tomorrow. In June! In Virginia, that is quite the shock- unexpected until mid-July. What happened to the 80-degree early summer days? We’ve gone from wondering if we can put the long sleeves away yet to YOWZERS!!!
I hope it will at least be steamy, for my tomatoes!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:07 am
We’ve got the heat here too!!! And yes, mighty sophisticated chat for the little guy…
June 6th, 2008 at 5:51 am
haha, what a sharp kiddo
June 6th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Oh, the surprising things they come up with! So…did you opt for the bikini?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:45 am
What a great picture! Glad he’s venturing outdoors more!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Oh my gosh he is sooo cute! Yes, my son puts me in my place often as well, and I keep setting up the situation to all him to justifiably do it!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I couldn’t concentrate on this post because I was so fixated on the possibilities (for good and for evil) of introducing a Mario hat into our household…