collin likes for me to crawl in bed with him some nights when i’m tucking him in…. sometimes he just wants me there…. other times he wants me to stroke his hair or rub his back as he’s falling asleep. there are also those nights where he’s very talkative and some of our most interesting conversations come from me just lying next to him in the dark, letting him talk…. letting him ask questions…. letting him tell me things that he thinks.
tonight, he told me about his ‘losing my toenail dreams’. apparently on january 1, 2009 he remembers very precisely, having a dream where he wiggled his big toe nail then it came off. underneath the nail, he found thousands of tiny skeleton heads on top of ‘lumpy purple skin’. he then went on to wonder if being covered in skeletons would be fantastic.
he also told me about a little girl in his class named Ula, who “has a pretty cool voice and is very very intense”. then he says ” i mean mommy…what does intense actually mean? “. and i say…………….. after thinking…….. “well collin, when someone is intense it means that when they feel something like happy or sad or excited they are REALLY REALLY happy or sad or excited”.
he looked off for a moment… past me…. somewhere far off in his little brain and said, “oh yea. she’s really really intense”.
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So cute….and a little disturbing. The mind of a child is such a fantastical place!
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ha! not sure why it's disturbing…… unless you're coming from a 'mother of girls' mentality… to which i would say, "hey man, he's only seven". to which you'd probably say "yea, but your kid sneaks VS catalogues"….. ahahahahahahahahahahahahah……he'll kill me for spilling this, but… he's also got a fear of the toilet clogging. so, this morning, he screeches "EHHHHH!! Mommy! It's gonna clog!!". then, when it didn't he says "Man, life's weird when you think your poop's gonna clog and it doesn't!"….. i had nothing to add to that.
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Purple toenail skulls is a little disturbing to me. Not because of the skulls, but because of the toenail coming off. EWWWW!
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the minds of little kids! too darn cute!
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So….it appears your Twitter has disappeared….Hope life is tolerable (at the very least).
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hey man… sorry. it did. i sent out an email addressing it's unshockable rhythm….. i don't have your email….. but have been thinkin' about you….. really feeling done with most of all of it….. aside from the blogosphere………
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woops… and when i mean 'done' i mean with the network shiz…. all else is well…. tolerable…..
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Ah….yes, the networking can get to be a bit much at times. My email is hillarydyandavis at yahoo :). Feel free to use it any time, or of course there is the texting. Tomorrow night a couple of friends and I will be at Ugly Joe's if you want to and can come out for a bit. It'd be great to catch up!
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