I have a little anecdote to tell you. But you have to promise you won’t think less of me once I do.
Promise?
Okay then. Here goes.
My mom gave me the cutest shirt for my birthday. Very befitting for a girl like myself who likes to indulge in a glass of vino from time to time.
See? Told you it was cute (pardon the wrinkles – I wore it to dinner last night). Anyway, I opened her gift yesterday while Jayce was napping. Based on the size and feel of the package I had a hunch as to what might be inside so I went ahead and opened it with nary a soul gathered around to see what I got. And, wouldn’t you know it was precisely what I suspected? So I, of course, proceeded to change out of my workout clothes and into my chic new t-shirt that speaks volumes is the latest trend.
Jayce woke up a couple of hours later (yes he sleeps for 2 hours – SCORE!) and I went in to rescue him from the confines of his crib. He’s usually a cheerful waker and yesterday was no exception. He stood right up to greet me with his customary, bleary-eyed “hi mommy.” His cheerful little greeting never fails to brighten my day. I reached my arms out to him and instead of reaching back he pointed to the ”Y” on my shirt and, clear as day, he says, “wine? Mama’s wine?”
Uh-oh.
This is the child, mind you, who receives weekly speech therapy. I wonder if the fact that he can not only identify but also clearly speak “wine” should tell me something.
Anywho…
I don’t want to be presumptuous here but I’m thinking that you all know who would make an ideal write-in for the mother of the year award.
And hey, you promised remember?
(If you want a chic t-shirt of your own email me and I’ll let you know where you can get one).
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Darcie,
This is FUNNY!
Kids, they’ll keep you humble and drinking on the sly.
;)
I think the shirt is awesome!
Smart kid :) I think we’ve all had moments that count towards our MOTY awards. Cute shirt!
that’s a cute t-shirt!
Ha! My 18 month old knows how to say wine, but thankfully, he’ll point at the bottles and say DaDa. I guess he sees dad drink it more than mom, so I’m off the hook.
Cute shirt.:)
That’s so cute!
That is awesome! I mean what Jayce said, but also the shirt! My little Kate did the same thing when she was a young three. We were at my parents’ house, and when she saw my mom’s glass of wine she said “Oh, having some wine?” It totally cracked me up…thank goodness it was my mother and not my mil.
At least he is only identifying and saying wine. My nearly nine month old sees a bottle of beer or glass of wine and throws her body toward it will all her might….with her mouth wide open of course. My husband thinks it is funny so we have many pictures of this lovely “addiction.”
Oh, that’s classic!!! My daughter does the same thing “I drink juice, baby sister drinks milk, and Mommy drinks wine.” nice.
Ha! That is pretty darn funny. You should make sure to write it down in the baby book. Or maybe not. :) Anyway, don’t feel too bad. You have lots of compay in the “wine as therapy” boat.
Ha! I just noticed the title on this:) Is that show any good any more? I let it go.
Anyway, it freaked me out when Sam recognized when I was drinking wine as well. Once I brought in a glass in a regular water glass and he was still was like, “are you having wine?”
Um, yes. Yes, I am.