about Elderese: Quote of the Day
The Kiddos have been blessed with 2 older cousins (boys) whose parents have good taste in clothing. So our kids have had little need to get a lot of clothes (which still didn’t stop me from buying them clothes of course). There does come a time though when folks with filipino blood tend to plateau (or stop, in my case) growing. So the stock for The Elder has started to diminish as we wait for The Cousins to reach the next growth spurt (or the next shipment of the clothes that are outgrown but they haven’t had time to be sorted, whichever the case may be).
Yesterday I took The Elder to get new socks, undies, and a winter coat. (I can’t believe we have never had to buy him a winter coat! Thanks to The Bro and Family!) He wasn’t too excited about getting a new coat so I was sure to include him in the selection process. Once before, we were looking for a warm-up suit and he ran screaming at the sight of one style. After several sleuthing attempts amongst meltdown rants, I discovered it was a decorative rivet on the waistband of the jacket. (FYI, we didn’t buy it.)
So I let him pick out a color he liked and had him try it on. I had him practice over and over (and over and over) zipping it up and unzipping it, with and without the hood on, putting it on, taking it off, pretending to hang it on a hook, and where his name will be written. It was like a half hour ordeal. But he did well because he knows (because I remind him!) that we practice so we learn to do things well so we don’t get frustrated.
He gets off the bus looking all toasty in his new coat. (It’s camoflauge, by the way. If you can’t decide on a color, might as well pick ‘em all)
Me: Did everyone like your new coat?
The Elder: Just [The Busmate] and [The Other Busmate].
Me: No one else saw it?
The Elder: Yeah…but no one said WOW.
It was like Ben Stein’s tone, ending with the WOW from Schoolhouse Rock’s “Interjections.” And, No, his busmates’ names are not Darryl, although they are brothers…
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