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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Nope!Such is my life lately:
(all in Spanish on my end, but for brevity's sake, I'm writing in English)
Me: Hey Max, let's put your clothes on to go to Mimi's house.
Max: Nope!
Me: (feigning surprise) You don't want to go to Mimi's house?
Max: Nope!
Me: (more fake surprise) You don't want to play with XX, XX and XX (friends)?
Max: Nope!
Me: Too bad, you still have to put your clothes on and go.
Max: Nope!
10 to 30 minutes and lots of squiggling around later:
Me: Ok, let's go!
Max: Nope!
Me: Ok, you stay. Bye!
Max: Nope!
(I make for the door)
Max: Mami!
Me: Yes?
Max: Quiero casa Mimi.
Me: You want to go to Mimi's house? Ok.
Max: Nope!
10 minutes and many similar exchanges later, we make it to Mimi's
Later in the day, we get home.
Me: Max, let's go for a walk!
Max: Nope!
Me: You want to stay here and play instead?
Max: Nope!
Me: So what do you want?
Max: Walk!
Me: Ok, let's go walk.
Max: Nope!
Me: Ok. No walk.
(I busy myself with the mail)
Max: MAMI!!!!! (crying begins)
Me: What, baby?
Max: Walk! Quiero walk!
Me: You want to walk?
Max: Yup! (miracle)
Me: Ok, let's go.
Max: (melts into jelly-like mass on the floor) NNNNOOOOOO!
Me: That's enough. If you want to walk, take my hand right now. If not, go play with your toys.
Max: Walk, Mami. Vamos. (takes my hand)
Me: Great, let's go!
(he's excited and skipping as we get started on our walk)
Me: How fun! Max, are you having fun?
Max: Nope!
The thing with this is, he's so friggin' cheerful about it. These are enthusiastic, smiling "Nope!"s I'm getting. He has his whinny, tantrumy moments and can get extremely annoying with this "nope", "yup" back-and-forth of his, but overall, he's so happy and smiling and laughing about it, that for now, Ben and I mainly laugh at it. Oh, he drives us crazy, he really does. He is frequently exasperating and as stubborn as Ben and I each are; he is defiant and saucy, bossy and demanding.
Still, it's too funny to be troublesome. He is too cute, with his new words and the sweet, wondering tone of his voice, to be anything but dear and precious to us. His "thanks" and "gracias" and "bless you" and "cool" and "sorry!" are all too polite and heart-breaking coming from that tiny body for us to do little more than share secret smiles, smiles tinged with sadness, for the wonderful baby who is all too quickly becoming a boy.
The thing that keeps me from minding these annoyances too much is the knowledge that time and growth will give me annoyances and problems far greater, far more complicated, than "nope!". I trust he will grow into a wonderful boy, but for now, I want to hold on to my baby.
Labels: growing up, motherhood, parenting, toddlers
Posted by Tere @ 2/26/2008 | Permalink |
2 Comments
slouching mom posted at 2/26/2008 11:14 PM
the cheerful "nope."
i love kids; max is a dear.
reminds me of ben whistling -- even when he's angry.
Balou posted at 2/29/2008 10:44 AM
he really is so awesome. it's amazing to me to see him growing so fast. he was "juat a baby" - a BABY - when you and I met. and now? wow... he awes me. =) love that boy of yours.
(and teary-eyed by the time i got to the end of this post.)