When I picked up The Rooster from school all of The Mayor’s friends crowded around me.
“Where’s The Mayor? Where’s The Mayor?” they chirped.
I told them that he broke his arm and had to stay home for a little while.
“Tell him I am missing him!” one shouted.
“Me too! I am missing him, too!” another joined.
The next thing I knew I was waist deep in a sea of munchkins who were all shouting,
“I am missing The Mayor! No, I am! NO, ME!!”
It was kind of awesome!
This morning The Mayor came to school with me to drop off Rooster but he was feeling too protective of his arm to stay.
Taylor, a curly-haired classmate ran up to him yelling,
“MAYOR!!! DID YOUR MOMMY TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE MISSED YOU?!!”
More awesome!
Finally, in a burst of morning tenderness, K knelt down in front of The Mayor, moved in close and said,
“Mayor, you have been so brave. I am so proud of you and I love you so much.”
In response, The Mayor said,
“YUCK, DADDY! I. DON'T. LIKE. YOUR. BREATH.”
Which is, of course, the most awesome!
67 comments:
ha! that's all awesome.
Oh, man - you are warming the cockles of my cold shriveled heart with that little vignette of filial love.
(I may perhaps be playing too much Scrabulous this week.)
Oh the honesty!
Children hide their feelings, oh so well. So much for tender.
OMG that's awesome. i'm sitting here all by my lonesum self in my office, snickering away. poor daddy - love comes in all shapes and sizes. hee hee.
love it
Beth (tired mommy to an early risin' 4.5 yr old)
here's how you say happy valentine's day
ya baby
I love those moments. Okay, maybe not really...
LMAO. Kids have a knack for taking the tenderness out of a touchy feely moment :)
Go Mayor, Go Mayor
*doing my best cabbage patch*
Hehe! That is like when Ladybug told me that my breath smells bad but my armpits smelled good! Glad to hear he is popular and well liked!
Ahhh, coffee breath!
Ha ha ha - between K's breath and the mighty wind, what's a kid to do?
What a wonderful exchange! Kids!
Hope the arm heals quickly.
I love this post! And didn't get to say, SORRY about his arm! You poor things!
LOL....oh the love of a child.
Ah yes-I can always count on my kids to tell me when I have stinky breath.
Bwah ha!!!
Man, kids are harsh. Funny.
They all missed the Mayor!!! Such deprivation. Hope he gets well enough to return to class soon.
That kid is money. Pure money.
Too funny.
Hee hee hee! It's those tender moments that are the best.
Never ask a kid if you're fat, pretty or stinky.
Spoken from experience.
The Mayor, keepin it real...
bwah-ha-ha!!
Such a tender moment!
Breath ruins all of the best moments.
*snort*
and a little gift for mummy.
Bwaaaaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaa
Hee hee. Miss M was a little hard to love yesterday, for erm, stinky reasons...
hehehehe.
Time to lay off the garlic.
Too funny!
First i have to say I read yesterday and my heart broke for you! What a horrible exprience, I was frightened for you and for him! Its one thing I alwasy worry about with my kids.. It sounds like he is pulling through it great! How awsome that he was able to be so brave! (and also a cheer for momma..GOOO MOMMA!!for being brave for him)... !!!
Awesome.
I love this.
I think on this side of the pond we would be wondering what our kids were up to to make them that popular. Which is why we have bad teeth an whine all the time.
Love and Altoids!
Love that kid.
LOL! Don't you love how they can shoot down a tender moment in two seconds flat?
I love it!!!!
Gotta Love the honesty. :)
Kids = Humility (or, humiliation!)
Oh how a moment can change in the presence of a child. Glad to hear The Mayor is back on his feet.
I love it when those tender moments are shattered by brutal honesty. HAHA
Hugs to you Mayor!!
I've been thinking of you guys since your last post. I love the thought of The Mayor's friends rallying around you to tell you how much they missed him.
Every morning when I drop Julia off at school, a group of her friends from class, spearheaded by one adorable little boy who Julia announced the other day was her boyfriend, start chanting her name. It is, seriously, one of the best parts of my day.
All of that is awesome.
Kids are wonderful.
hahaha, that is awesome!
Well, he's related to YOU so I imagine he must truly be a social butterfly :-)
Well, I am happy to hear that he's feeling well enough to notice stinky breath! That is AWESOME!
Have a wondrful weekend.
I love the Major's comment to his Daddy - that's brilliant. And what a lovely bunch of friends he has.
I just fell completely in love with the Mayor. I love kids. Good thing I guess ;)
I'm glad the Mayor is up and about and so loved by the masses :)
I'm like the mayor -- can't tolerate funky breath. Desperately wishing the hubs would quit smoking.
Gotta love a kid that hasn't learned to do anything but call a spade a spade.
Obviously someone is feeling much better....
kids having a way of putting us in our place..haha....
Way to keep Daddy grounded Mayor!
I love it!
Glad things are quieting down at the homestead. Big love to the mayor.
That IS awesome. There's nothing like honesty to dispel a tender moment.
Way to go, Mayor!
ahhhh....kids are so cute.
your kid is popular!
now teach him how to hand out breath mints.
HHAA!! I used to think the same about my Dad's coffee breath when I was the Mayor's age. Now, I think of it with fondness.
Ahhh, a love so honest and true... I think I've said that exact thing to John... no, wait... it was more like, "Did I just shit myself? No...omg, that's your BREATH."
with a broken arm to parade around the school, The Mayor's popularity is secure for the rest of his school days. Lucky, lucky, lucky.
Catching up on my post reading (as you can tell...lol) but I just wanted to say how glad I am the Mayor is going to recover from his injury.
Scary how in a blink of an eye, our hearts can be in our throats as we worry for our child's safety.
Even scarier is how a man's breath can be worse than a dog with rotten teeth sometimes...
That would make an excellent Listerine commercial.
HONESTY ROCKS!!!lol
There is nothing quite like a broken limb to up your cool factor at school and get lots of attention.
Ha ha...priceless!
LOL- hilarious!
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