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| don't let him fool you, he thought it was funny too |
Coming back from the bookstore,
by the church with a yard of headstones
aglow in the half-light of fading day
and empty windows
Taylor Swift on the radio, 'Race cars
on the kitchen floor, plastic dinosaurs...'
turned up to drown out the sing-along
my youngest son, as if just remembering
and fearful he would soon forget, exclaims
'i need a nail for school tomorrow!'
and without a breath my oldest asks,
'a fingernail or a toenail?' and we laugh
the rest of the way home
an audible hug, as soft as cat feet
nails clicking on the linoleum
so good, our sides hurt
& maybe
you just have to be here.
Don't usually post on Mondays, but...Happy Monday everyone. Hope you have a great week.
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Hi! Brian...
"an audible hug, as soft as cat feet
nails clicking on the linoleum
so good, our sides hurt
& maybe
you just have to be here."
...Thanks, for sharing a funny moment with your sons in your poetic words.
Happy Monday...to you, and your readers and the picture Of your son is...too funny!
deedee :)
Happy Monday Brian! Sure great fun when one can have kids around! Nicely!
Hank
Go snatch a railroad spike quickly the bus is coming. You have a good family going on there Brian. Stay the course.
it's funny
an audible hug...what a sweet image!
This is so charming. (You didn't have to be there to get it- it's very fun.) k.
Those simple moments of laughter are the best, Brian! You made ME smile this morning. Some day your sons will enjoy this poem!
i like out of the blue blog posts the best...you have a great week too brian...:)
Very cute and refreshing...These moments with our kids where we can just be silly!
he..he...those spontaneous moments with the children are the best Brian ~
Happy Monday to you ~
ewwwwwwwwwww. Just kidding, sweet moment. I am there laughing with you! Happy Monday, Brian!
Thankyou for the Monday smile.
I love the painting you created in my mind of the laughter you shared with your family.
Happy Monday to you too :-)
Happy Monday Brian. What a heartwarming way to start. Thanks :o)
Yes, Happy Monday! I enjoyed it, not needing it to be obscure to like it. You've got a great family, Brian! :-)
hilarious...might be one of those family stories that has to be retold every holiday...lol....
I love those moments!!! And you guys will probably laugh about it over and over in days to come too. :)
haha.
wow! thinking on Sunday about what he needs for Monday...AMAZING!
No. You don't have to be there.
Kids are so wonderful, and the joy I feel from them is the realest I've ever felt in my life.
xo
I'm still laughing as I read and recall this again. hee hee
it's so right. So beautiful. YOu have the best family ever children and of course your Tara, and goes without saying you! toe Nail? lol gosh they make me chuckles thank you
Good one...perfect timing!!
Ha
Hugs
SUeAnn
hahaha just make sure it's a clean one
And no dirt or such is given a run
Could then grow into zombie nail
That would make the teacher wail
Oh I love those spontaneous moments, when the little things make us laugh.
That's so sweet!
Maybe you had to be there, but I'm giggling here.
Oh that's sweet. Your funny man reminds me of my younger one as a child.. and still. ;)
Love the cat feet--and no one is as funny as kids. Happy Monday, and this poem sounds like it fits right in with that concept.
This line for me sums up perfectly how you feel about your boys and I just love it! "an audible hug, as soft as cat feet."
Happy Monday to you too. Don't uou love the quick repartee the little ones are so capable of? Some of my favorite memories are of the apropos one-liners my kids have dropped at a moment's notice.
Love the "audible hug" which shared laughter often is with family.
You can have those great, funny-if-you're-there moments with kids! Thanks for telling yours.
Just Lovely Brian!:)
Have a nice Monday and nice week!
I love these moments with the kids!
Happy Monday! I love those moments, funny only if you're there.
Glad you did post. Your son has a great sense of humor. Didn't have to be there to get it. Love the idea of an audible hug, but I can only send you a silent one. Happy Monday to you.
your son is a darling and a gem. a poet in the making, like his dad.
nice!! love those moments of carefree laughter with the kids..your son has a good sense of humor..i like..smiles
Giggles...love it! Your son is quite a chip off the old block I think, he looks like you too Brian.
Happy Week, G
nice....brings back memories....when my sons made us laugh at that age. An audible hug...enjoy thes years Bri.....they fly. Have a great week.
Clever kid. Oh I love it when I can't stop laughing over something. I think it's the BEST exercise. :)
He had a nice taste for hats! Go Steelers!
haha !
and who would have though the school asked easy stuff ;)
I'm right there with you...LOVE those precious moments!
An audible hug... Brlliant! I can just hear all those giggles... Wonderful.
I love it and it was funny! Comedian that one :-)
Very nice, there's little better than giggling, for my girls it's tail wagging but the same sense of togetherness.
An audible hug. Lovely.
Sweet! Loved it.
Funny :)
I love those sweet moments of laughter that won't seem to stop. Thanks for sharing it with us, too. Cute pic :)
Don't you love moments like that??!! Hugs and smiles to you on this Hot Monday!
a quick whit that older one has. I thoroughly enjoyed a good laugh myself!
This is wonderful Brian! I understand that kind of sense of humor...the kind that just tickles to the core and the laughing becomes contagious and looking makes it happen even harder and longer. Lucky you...a chuckle with your boys. What could be better!!
As a Mother of Sons only - I am there! LOL - Boy humor is one of my very favorite things! BTW - he's adorable! A definite keeper!
I am also always amazed at how they remember must-have things for school when the stores just closed!
What a lovely tender moment.
It's often the little things that can put a smile on your face and make your day bright.
My friend Khara House made my new header for me. I'm not sure how she did it, but I know she used some sort of program. I needed to spruce things up a bit!
fun captured moment here. love the way you captured the the mood and atmosphere so thoroughly in such a limited space. Fun read. Thanks
With children no moment is a dull one.
Joy and more joy,
Susan
lovely, Brian!
i hope you have a great week and a wonderful October!
♥
Ha! Really enjoyed that! Smart kid.
Ah, this made me laugh! Thanks for sharing a funny moment with your kids!
i love when kids have this kind of fun moment.
JJRod'z
mentioned you in my BLUEBELL interview...
I think you described it well enough for us to have almost been there.
God bless.
I love the moments of silliness with kids.
your work always has room for the kids and it is evident you adore them, wish there was more dads like you :) smiles.
too cute! I love it when we have to good belly-laughs here too. Such a stark contrast to the boy you write about in a later post.
The nail reminds me of one of those boxes filled with nails from which one could make an impression with a hand. Really cool gadget. Not sure what it is called but is interesting.
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