Definition of Embarrassment According to The Little Jokester

While flying from one activity to another, this super mom gets quite a bit of insight into the mind of a typical seven year old. Today's main topic...embarrassment. As many of you may know, I don't get embarrassed. I've done it all...dropped my drawers while carrying things in the house and allowing the entire street to see my "business"...laughed so hard I pee my pants (thanks Renea)...fallen off a sidewalk on a major street in downtown Indianapolis with a skirt on, stay laying on the ground laughing with my legs flung everywhere again showing off the goodies. Now that I think about it, it seems as though my goods are shown quite a bit...but I digress.

Anyways, I, being the most wonderful, thoughtful, nurturing and loving super mom, thought TLJ would enjoy a surprise. This particular surprise isn't of the food variety, so the acceptance from TLJ is questionable. However, I stumbled upon this really cool camo floppy hat with a pocket with a snap and a string that goes under your chin. It's like a down-unda hat. Okay, it's WAY COOLER than I just described. To get my little one out the door this morning, I told him I had a surprise in the car for him. Instantly intrigued, he rushed about his business and off we went. When I told him it was a hat, he was so excited. (A.D.D./side note moment: just two weeks ago we searched high and low for the perfect cowboy hat for his class that HAD to have a strap under the chin. It was a big deal. The kid loves hats.) When I gave him the hat, he put it on his head, fiddled with it a bit. He said, "I don't like this. I'm embarrassed." Embarrassed...by a hat. He said if he wore it to school, the kids would make fun of him...really??

I told you that story to tell you this. TLJ used to wear yellow rubba boots for TWO YEARS straight...rain, shine, summer, spring, winter, fall, church, school...honestly, those boots smelt FUNNNNNNNKY. This from a kid who could wear his black cowboy boots with powder blue gym shorts, a sleeveless shirt while playing with a hot pink nerf football. THAT was just 03/17/09. And this stinkin cool hat is embarrassing. And so it starts...soon it will be that I'm an embarrassment (of course all in his imagination...I AM COOOOOOL!)...then it's drop me off two blocks away, I'm embarrassed. I don't know if I'm ready for this next step...

Goodbye first grade...hello world!

SMCS Out