Waxing poetically about being a young mom...

[LenaGardner]

42 gazillion bonus points for Nathan today! He and I were just in the car having a philosophical discussion about Skittles (wth.) and it just struck me as a conversation I would never have had with my mom. I've been thinking a lot lately about my childhood (it was good, btw) and I've been very aware about HOW MUCH I remember from Nathan's age (almost 9) and how I had better be extremely careful about things I say, etc...because he will remember a lot.

Anyway, Tabatha and I have a very young mom. She had just turned 17 when she had Tab and just turned 18 when she had me. Thing is, though...she never seemed young or immature to me. I never remember thinking, "she's so cool, what a young mom, etc..."

I don't feel like I should be old enough to have a son turning 9. I wasn't THAT young when I had Nathan. I was 20...not like I was still in high school like my mom. But anyway...

I turned to Nathan and said, "Do I seem like a grown up to you?"

And he answered, "No."

Immediately I felt panicky. I always make him brush his teeth and wash behind his ears. The other day when he said, "Holy Crap!" at the playground, I corrected him. I need to be a LITTLE BIT grown up, kwim?

I said, "Why don't I seem like a grown up to you?"

And he answered, "Well I know you're a grown up, but you're nice. Not like most grown ups."

And score one for my first born.

[newfiemountiewife]

What a good boy! And so sweet!

[Joan]

Awwwww!!

[CA Dreamer]

Awwwww.... What a sweetie-pie. Is he with you for the whole summer? Enjoy, Lena.

[LenaGardner]

Originally Posted by CA Dreamer

Awwwww.... What a sweetie-pie. Is he with you for the whole summer? Enjoy, Lena.

He is here for the whole summer We are having a fantastic time

[schock77]

Too sweet! Huge brownie points...

My DEAR daughter (almost 4) said to me, "Mom I'll always love you no matter what you do..." like I had done something awful... I started rethinking the day! Turns out it was from a fave book Llama Lllama Red Pajama. Whew!

[jessica31876]

thats really sweet.

[HeatherKS]

Awww!

[lizzyfizzy]

perfect answer. i heart your boy! apparently, you know what you're doing.

[~Julie~]

Awwww that was sweet. And my daughter just turned 9 in April and I don't feel old enough to have a 9 year old (I'll be 31 in Oct)

[scrapperjade]

Awww, what a sweetheart!!

[Angie4b1g]

My kids all think I'm older than dirt. Even the one I had at 22.

[jacinda]

Aww, that's so sweet.

My 2 and a half yr old was at my parents and told them "I love my Mummy all day!"

[digideb]

AWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

[momtutu]

My son (9) tells me that I'm still a kid because my parents are still alive and I'm their kid. But when they die, I will then be a grown-up.

[bellbird425]

awww - good one, Nathan!

[bellbird425]

Originally Posted by momtutu

My son (9) tells me that I'm still a kid because my parents are still alive and I'm their kid. But when they die, I will then be a grown-up.

LMAO - love that logic!