Love and Laughter
Posted by TulipGirl | Under Family Journal Friday Jun 5, 2009C8 was making me coffee the other night. Yes, my youngest is quite often tasked with making me coffee–and is quite skilled in the complexities of our stove-top moka pot. He knows just how much sugar and milk to add to each Mommy’s and Daddy’s mugs; our own budding barista.
He burst into my room upset, “Ugh. The coffee tastes disgusting! Why did you put the salt into the round container?!” I was puzzled until he brought in the old coffee tin we use as a sugar bowl. Sure enough, it was filled with sea salt.
“Boys! Come here!”
I knew, I just knew. . . but I wasn’t sure. “T11, did you put salt in the sugar tin?”
“No, Mom.”
Hmmm. . . All of the boys seemed unaware of what was going on.
“Look at my eyes, T11, and say, ‘I promise I didn’t put salt in the sugar tin.’” I wasn’t singling him out. Well, I was. He’s the one mischievous enough to try something like this; and he’s the one who feels so strongly about his honor that he will not promise anything unless he knows he can follow through on it.
“Mom, I can’t say that. . .”
He grinned.
I started cracking up. “Boys, you totally pulled a Fred-and-George!”
J13 started laughing, R10 started jumping up and down, and T10 said, “Yeah! I’m Fred, he’s George. . .” R10 piped in, “And I’m Lee Jordan!” C8 glowered a bit.
And so, this was our first family practical joke.
i love telling the kids stories at bedtime (their favs being the uncle-johnny stories of great mishap) one night i had to shake it up abit and told all the practical joke stories i could remember of the nicola boys… like the time they duck-taped everything (EVERYTHING IN THE KITCHEN!!!) to the fridge! :twisted: there is nothing like the sound of crazed laughter to end our days… cannot wait to relay this one.
I can totally see the look on T11′s face. Those eyes smile so big with mischief!
:lol: Very cute.
Ahhh. . . Uncle Johnny stories. . . Unfortunately, I don’t know enough of them for me to pass on to my boys. Glad the boys could add to your bedtime story repertoire, though!
Heather, for all of his impulsive tendencies, T11 has such a strong sense of honor and the value of promises. Years ago, a dental hygienist tried to get him to promise he’d stop sucking his thumb. He told her he’d promise he’d TRY. He told her he would work very hard at it. But he just could NOT promise something that he wasn’t sure he could do. . .
Alice, I know you KNOW that boys are fun. But I’ve got to tell you, they seem to get even more fun the older they become. *grin*
that’s a family story that will be repeated for a long time. :-)
very cute!
The joys of boys :) How fun that they have each other to pull pranks on, I sometimes wish Evan could have had a brother.
Fred and George!!! ((((hugs))) That’s wonderful. What a great story!