- He’s so gosh darn cute! – Yea every child is cute (ok, maybe not all of them) especially your own but he has this look about him that is young and youthful and at the same time mature. Its one of the reasons I’ve always called him my “Little Man.”
- He tells it how it is! – No matter where we are, no matter the situation, he tell me what he really thinks. Even if it will get him in trouble, he speaks his mind. Its very liberating to hear, no apologies for what he is and what he thinks. If he thinks the sky is purple, then the sky is purple to him. One time we were doing some grocery shopping and a larger guy walked by. The little guy saw, formed his opinion and let me know, “That guy has huge belly! He could eat me and you!” I argued back whilst trying to quiet him down, “Its not that big, the Hulk is bigger!” He snapped back, “The Hulk has muscle, that guy has lots of FAT!” (The word “FAT” echoed in the grocery store) “No Aden, that’s not nice!” he answered “But he IS!”
- He isn’t scared of anything! – My little guy fears nothing! He makes me look like a coward by comparison. He sees a long dangerous patch of ice in our parking lot and decides that running as fast as he can and sliding on his knees is the best thing to do. Well he misjudged the slide and ended up landing on his butt, cried until I picked him up, and ran to try it again. He’s gonna be on Jackass one day.
- He has an amazing imagination! – My baby boy has an imagination that sometimes make me question his sanity. His solutions are always practical and work, well except for the car made out of chocolate.
- He asks why. – He thinks critically and if he doesn’t understand something, he will sit there and question you until his thirst for knowledge is quenched or he gets distracted by something loud or shiny (even though it is getting harder these days). He even makes me question my viewpoint on a few answers.
- He has a good heart. – He wants to help whenever her can. He is very generous. We were at the store one day and he wanted a Hot Wheels car. I agreed and he grabbed two, when I told him that he could only have one, he said that he wanted to get one for his brother and wouldn’t get one for himself if his brother didn’t get one as well. I hope that generosity never changes.
- He is oddly mature. – He instinctively knows what he is too old and too young to do. While I see this as bad parenting on my part (he should just do what he feels) I am proud that he can figure out the “rules” without having to be taught them. You gotta know the rules to break them! Which he does.
- He knows how to have fun. – I used to be a fun party guy. I had my Ph D in fun and I taught impromptu classes all the time. My son has inherited it fully. I’ve scaled back on it alot but he never passes up the chance to remind me that life is to be enjoyed in every way.
- He has a great sense of humor. – He can laugh at anything! And just like a yawn, its contagious and delightfully so. Just a day ago I was playing a game on my phone and he was watching. I made a little “pew! pew! pew!” sound for one of the little guns in it and he thought it was HILARIOUS!!!! Anytime I did it, he would laugh. Then he started mocking me and making fun of me for doing it all while laughing uncontrollably. And as any parent knows, their child’s completely euphoric is intoxicating. I didn’t think it was that funny when he started making fun of me for it but after few times I found myself and my lady laughing harder than him. (which isn’t easy to do) Good times!
- He is himself. – He makes no qualms about being himself. Whether he is rude or incredibly thoughtful, greedy or generous, being his wild self or behaving nicely. He knows who he is and doesn’t question or feel bad about it. If he is mad one second he is ok with that, if he is happy, he doesn’t second guess it or try to hold on to it. He is very strong when it comes to himself and what he wants. I have tried to shake him on how he feels about certain things but he is a rock! If he feels someway about something, that’s it! This is the trait I pray he keeps as he sails through the storm of adolescence. But if he needs the coast guard, I got him.
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May 23rd, 2010 → 11:26 am @ ocbenji