I promise, my son really is smart. He is a great athlete and seems to get along with just about anyone. If you ever have a conversation with him (most of the time) he gives the impression that he really does have some common sense, but.....here's the thing, after last night I just have to stop and wonder if his"smartness" is all an act. At about 9:00 last night, he informed me that he was going to take a bath. That really wasn't anything new....he has his routine at night down pretty good, just like every morning. It is always the same conversation....
Me: Nathan, get up.
Me: Oh Nathan (in somewhat of a singsong voice) it's time to get up and go to school.
Me: (again) Nathan, get up, now!
Nathan: I don't feel good.
Me: What's wrong this morning.
Nathan: My throat hurts.
Me: Ok, you are still going to school.
Nathan: But, my stomach hurts.
Me: Just a minute ago it was your throat...you will feel better when you wake up.
Nathan: I don't feel good.
Me: Ok, that's fine. You are still going to school.
Nathan: I am going to take a bath.
Every morning is the same thing, just like every night is the same. Anyway, last night I hear the jets in the tub running...I thought that was a little weird because he hardly ever turns them on. A while later, I hear him say, "Mom, stick your head in the door". I got up, opened the door, and peeked in...not sure what to expect here. What do I see but a bathroom full of bubbles!! There are bubbles going up the walls, over the tub, and a trail of big, fluffy bubbles going across my floor. There is this blob of bubbles standing in front of me. All I can see is white bubbles and two huge brown eyes staring at me. I explained to him (in a very reasonable tone) that he was making a mess. At which time, I see this small opening of bubbles about the size and location of his mouth and hear words coming from this mass of bubbles that sounded like "I didn't mean to". Ok, it seems that he used a whole tube, bottle, some type of container of bubble bath, turned on the jets and let the bubbles rise. After this, he decided he was going to traipse across my floor and look in the mirror so that he could see if he was entirely covered in bubbles. When he realized he was, he had to share this wonderful find with me. But, he didn't mean to make a mess.
I would say Nate gets this from his father, but after the conversation I had with my sister I am a little afraid he gets it from my side of the family. I was informed by Kem that she needed to get her drivers license renewed. Ok, you are thinking that is not such a big deal, right? Well, obviously if you are thinking that you do not know my sister. She plans on wearing a crown...and a pageant dress....and a sash! I swear I have not laughed that hard in forever. I couldn't breath, my head felt like it was going to explode, and I couldn't see....scary thing about this situation??? I was DRIVING!! I think, but am not entirely sure (because remember I couldn't breath and couldn't see) but I think I stopped in the middle of the road...I'm pretty sure I was driving in the wrong lane at one point. My poor mother...I called her about another situation entirely, but still couldn't talk that good...all I could do was laugh, and gasp for air, and say over and over...she is going to wear a crown, and a sash, and a pageant dress, oh..my head, my head. My mother, being the calm mother that she is, told me to pull over before we had a wreck and then wanted to know what we had been drinking...or smoking this morning.
Ok, seeing as my day started with less than 3 hours of sleep last night, I think it is off to a wonderful start! Love to you all!!
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