Tuesday, August 25, 2009

"Not Telling"

My birthday's tomorrow. I don't tell you this in order to get anything from you, but to set up the story I'm about to tell.
Todd took the two older boys shopping tonight while I took lil' bit to Tae Kwon Do. After class, I asked Ike, "Do you think the first words out of Josiah's mouth when we get home will be what they bought me?" Ike said, "Yup. But I'll stop him first."

Soon after arriving home, Josiah hollered for me from upstairs, "MOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!" over and over until I came to the stairwell.
"Yes, sir."
"MOM, I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT WE GOT YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY," he yells down.
"Okay. Thank you!"
Isaac says, "Well, guess I'm not gonna have to stop him."

5 minutes later Josiah comes down to my office. "Mom, we got you 'not telling', 'not telling, 'not telling' and some 'not telling'."
"Really? That's a lot of 'not telllings'."
"Yeah. And we got you some 'not telling' related 'not tellings'."
"Mmmmm. Nice."

Sometimes, I love my life.

And, in case you're wondering why they waited until the day before, Josiah inherited his "not telling" issues from his Daddy. Todd waits until last minute because he can't stand not telling. :-D

2 comments:

Kat said...

Too funny...your kids got both of your sense of humors! (Looking at that and not sure it sounds right...lol). Happy Early Birthday (and I'll bug you again tomorrow).

Eunice said...

Happy Birthday Teresa!
Hope you have a great birthday with your fun kids and your "not telling" gifts.