Content.
Easy.
Even.
So it was a bit of a surprise the other day when he woke up in one of 'those' moods. He pouted about the selection of breakfast cereal. He was disgruntled at performing his usual chores. He whined about his school assignments.
We tangled. Quite a bit. Unusual for our mother-son relationship.
I finally sat down on the couch, a bit fatigued from this unusual exchange with him. He came and plopped down next to me.
After a pause, he spoke.
"Wow," he intoned in his raspy, Elmer Fudd voice. "I'm grumpy today."
Wow.
How different the world could be if we were all that self-actualized.
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Awww. Maslow would be proud.
That is so cute!
Awww. What a little gentleman. I love that. :)
What a cutie. It's good to see he realized his actions were affecting you!
God Bless
Good for him! That's better than some adults I know....who will all remain nameless.
YEA! A proud mommy moment! :)
Did you laugh? I would have; and hugged on him a little. Moments like these really take the tension out of the grumpy moments preceding them.
Hilarious! Yeah...I feel that same way...sometimes..... :)
Oh wow, yeah, that's impressive. I'm 35 and just figured out how to do this a couple of years ago :p
Good for him for making that observation.
:)
I love it when they can verbalize like that. We begin teaching our children when they first begin to whine to say what they are feeling with words rather than just fuss and whine about it.
Just last night our 3 year old began to cry because he couldn't go outside with the bigger kids, then he stopped fussing and said, "Mom I'm disappointed." So cute. :)
Kimberly - another mom to a multitude.
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