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Children and Nightmares – Daddy I had a bad Dream

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Sitting at dinner my son looked at me, and shared a concern.

"Daddy, I had a terrible dream the other night." He confessed, his eyes laced with the serious fervor that comes from unblemished youth.

"What was your dream?" was my probing reply of concern.

"I had a dream that I was eating something totally delicious, but I had to go to the bathroom; before I left I accidently put my silverware at the 4 o-clock position on the plate… when I came back they cleared my plate because they thought I was done and I wasn't so my food was gone!" 

When he shared this I thought about laughing, because … as far as nightmares go, that isn't the worst I've ever had, but I also couldn't help but be impressed!  This boy at ten already knows the subtle signal of being done with a meal.  It's surprising how close they are watching, and some of the things they choose to learn from us as they learn and grow.  I can remember only one time ever sharing with them the etiquette of how to behave at a well served meal.

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Thinking of Food – These are a few of my Favorite Things!

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Last week I sat the children down and introduced them to "The Sound of Music" which, to be perfectly honest, has never been one of my favorites, but in my quest to show them the musicals from my youth it was time.  The songs from every musical I've shown them so far have become a part of the home, and none so much as "My Favorite Things".

I've been doing something called a Juice Fast Reboot which has been going really well, I'm very rarely hungry, but while driving today with the kids after a little hike (I'll post on that later) started talking about food, and after that kind of work I started thinking about food too…. and began to sing:

Chocolate on strawberries and steaks on the grill

Oven cooked popcorn and warm chocolate cookies

buffalo chicken with ranch and celery strings

These are a few of my favorite things!

The song degrades after that, but it's hilarious to see how clever the children can be when we play together.  Now I'm starving for some incredibly unhealthy foods.

Next:  Phantom of the Ice Cream ;)

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Fatherhood, Lucky

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I've met people who can do all their shopping at one store, and I've known people who can go out and in one day accomplish all of the errands that they would have for the whole week.  Just as these people have perfected efficiency, I have perfected impetuously wanting different things almost every day of the week.

In my defense, I don't know that I want things in advance, and I don't always have to be patient.

On the latest excursion, the children (who have learned patience so these daily outings have become more of a time for them to share their day with me and talk about what each one think is important.) were standing around me, philosophizing about "oh how interesting would it be if gravity suddenly stopped holding us down!" when a voice broke through my reverie. 

"Oh wow, you have FOUR CHILDREN!?!"  the lady looked at me, I smiled.

"Oh good, they're all here." I replied with a wink.

"That's gotta be a lot of work!!" She said, overwhelmed at the sight of such a gaggle gathered around.

"Sometimes." Was all I could say.

"Oh, I have two and they are always hard… but I guess I've heard they get easier as you get more."  Her pondering escaped her lips.

"It's like that with most things." I quipped "like juggling."

"Best of luck." She said dismissing herself from the conversation.

"I am lucky." I spoke to the children "and Blessed."

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Children Philosophy – Tutu

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One of the best parts of being a Father is being able to listen in on the little conversations.

Boy 1: "Bet you want to do that to … to." (totally unrelated subject)

Boy 2: "You want a tutu?"

Boy 1: "I guess."

Boy 2: "Like a ballerina?!?!"

Boy 1: "Sure, I guess they're cool."

Boy 2: "Boys don't wear tutus!"

Boy 1: "I bet that if you were the best fighter in the world you could walk around wearing anything you wanted."

Boy 2: (serious pondering) "You mean like Wolverine?"

Boy 1: "Yeah, Wolverine could wear a tutu and no one would even make fun of him."

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