Soccer mom
Well it’s official – I’m now a soccer mom. Ethan played twice last weekend, once in a game, and once in a 
practice (in that order). It was very cute to see 10 five year olds running around randomly, sometimes in relation to the ball, but often not. The concept that they were trying to get the ball to go in a particular direction was new to most of them. The idea that there was a boundary past which they weren’t supposed to kick the ball seemed incomprehensible to them. But they seemed to be enjoying themselves, which was the most important thing. And somehow Ethan knew how to stop and kick the ball, but I have no idea where he learned it from. A babysitter here? Where he was before? Ethan didn’t seem to know either.
We also went to a fun event this past weekend – called “Touch-a-Truck”.
It was free, and I thought it was just wonderful that all these people would clean and bring their trucks to show them off. There were a lot of interesting ones, including an ambulance you could get in, a police mobile unit that you could walk through, and lots of huge trucks that Ethan could sit at the steering while and pretend to drive. Bob The Builder was there – the “real” one according to Ethan.
The other night Ethan was in a really weird mood before dinner. I was wondering what was up, and then after dinner he started asking us a slew of tough questions: Why did we pick him? Was he in somebody’s tummy? Did we want a kid? I knew the questions were coming at some point, I just wasn’t expecting them so soon! Now I have to do catch up to figure out helpful ways to answer them. Ever since he asked the questions he’s been in a great mood, so I think he’d been worried about some of these things. There’s a part of me that so wishes he didn’t have to deal with all this stuff!
practice (in that order). It was very cute to see 10 five year olds running around randomly, sometimes in relation to the ball, but often not. The concept that they were trying to get the ball to go in a particular direction was new to most of them. The idea that there was a boundary past which they weren’t supposed to kick the ball seemed incomprehensible to them. But they seemed to be enjoying themselves, which was the most important thing. And somehow Ethan knew how to stop and kick the ball, but I have no idea where he learned it from. A babysitter here? Where he was before? Ethan didn’t seem to know either.We also went to a fun event this past weekend – called “Touch-a-Truck”.
It was free, and I thought it was just wonderful that all these people would clean and bring their trucks to show them off. There were a lot of interesting ones, including an ambulance you could get in, a police mobile unit that you could walk through, and lots of huge trucks that Ethan could sit at the steering while and pretend to drive. Bob The Builder was there – the “real” one according to Ethan.The other night Ethan was in a really weird mood before dinner. I was wondering what was up, and then after dinner he started asking us a slew of tough questions: Why did we pick him? Was he in somebody’s tummy? Did we want a kid? I knew the questions were coming at some point, I just wasn’t expecting them so soon! Now I have to do catch up to figure out helpful ways to answer them. Ever since he asked the questions he’s been in a great mood, so I think he’d been worried about some of these things. There’s a part of me that so wishes he didn’t have to deal with all this stuff!
posted by AttitudeAdopt | 7:48 AM
2 Comments:
Well, you wanted a child with a curious mind, and you got one! He's asking good questions, and it makes sense for him to wonder about this stuff. The really nice thing about the questions he asked (at least the ones you list) is that you can be completely honest with him and it would come out tremendously affirming--you would let him know exactly how special he is to both of you. Given his mood afterward, I would guess you answered them well.
He really reminds me in a lot of ways of both our kids. I could really see Laura asking exactly those types of questions under similar circumstances.
-- Dave
Being here in KZ and reading the questions he asked brought tears to my eyes. He has blossomed so much in a year and obviously your constant love and affirmation with him is showing. Anyone who saw you two with him last year would've had no doubt though.
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