Gavin's Tail Twister #32: Brotherly Love!

Tonight I am on call and Angel (the nanny) is staying late with her 21 month old because Canadian Man is not home until late and I need someone to stay in case I get called to the hospital. The baby was trying to go to sleep, Gavin was doing his homework and Sammy was on XBox with his friends hooting and hollering.

I politely asked Gavin to walk upstairs and "tell you brother to please hold it down because the baby is trying to sleep."

"No mom!" Gavin said.

"Please Gavin just tip toe up and close his door and ask him nicely please hoot and holler not so loud. The baby is trying to sleep. If you say it nicely he will listen."

Gavin stood up and looked at me, rolled his eyes, and said: " How about just "Shut Up and Be Quiet!"

That is brotherly love!

Gavin Tail Twister # 31 : THEY HUG ME BETTER THAN MY OWN MOTHER!

This week has been a tough week! Everyone is in trouble in our house. Both boys and "That Canadian Guy" (usually he is My Canadian Man)... not today. I am not happy! I came home after a tough day, my head hurt, my eyes were bulging and the young-ins were yapping and I just wanted to be left alone to go to bed early.

We all shower one by one and got ready for bed. I go to the sun room as usual where Sam is getting some help from his Dad on his homework.

Gavin comes in after his shower and yes already with his school uniform clothes on for the next day. He begins to thread his belt through the belt loops when ...

"Gavin, what are you doing with your school clothes on?" Canada Man said.

"Oh!" With eyes wide open, lips stuck out as to acknowledge our displeasure and head tilted to the side like a birddog that has just spotted a bird, Gavin answers his dad. "I'm getting ahead for tomorrow so I can sleep in and I am supposed to be in bed in 1 minute exactly so I've got to hurry. "

"Gavin go put your PJ's on and lay your clothes by your bed!"

Gavin looks at me for help and says "I can't mom, I,I,I.."

I interrupt and say to Gavin. "Your pants are too tight. Go change your clothes and put your clothes by your bed!"

"But Mom, I am already ready!"

" Well you won't be able to sleep properly tonight, you'll be uncomfortable and they look tight."

Gavin's reply "No they're not mom. I like them like this. They, they ,they hug me better than my own mother does! (There is a long pause as Gavin wraps his arms around his pants.)

Gavin looks at me and says" Mom, give me a hug."

I attempt to give Gavin the best hug ever so I can beat those pants for the best hug competition. Gavin stepped back and rolled his eyes up towards the ceiling as to be digesting my hug and comparing it to the hug he is getting from those tight pants. After a long hmmmmmmmm Gavin's final words were: "Nope I like my pants better (rubbing his belly and pants)!"

I chuckled as he ran off to try to get in bed with out us putting the kibosh on his plan to hit the snooze button a couple of times and then jumping right out of bed already dressed so he could enjoy a leisurely breakfast and still make it to school on time.

And after I smiled, no one was in trouble any more.

Gavin Tail Twister # 30 : IT'S A NATURAL RESOURCE IN THE SOUTH!!

So today I started the morning with Zumba (That is Latin Dance Aerobics Class) and coffee with a friend at Starbucks. I came home around noon and relieved My Canadian Man Bill of his fatherly duties so he could go to the golf course for a round of golf. I gathered up a quick errand list and headed out the door with Gavin (8) to go grab brunch and master the tasks on my list.

Gavin's first words when we got into the car was "I'M STARVING!" "Me too Gavin." I said and off we went. In my mind we were mainly out to run errands but in Gavin's mind we we off to spend quality brunch time. His recommendation was McDonald's. "I don't think so!" is my response. I gave Gavin some choices and those choices didn't include McDonald's. We finally mutually agreed on Cracker Barrel. When we arrived we did the usual things like shopping in the front for our favorite nick knacks and candy of course. We were then seated and ordered our food after which we both managed to attain "GENIUS STATUS" on the triangle golf tee game that God knows had a billion germs on it because every kid and adult wants to see if they are genius.

The food came and of course it came with a plate of biscuits. We both ate about half of our food and a biscuit. Then we packed the remainder for Bill to eat later. In the take home box was chicken and rice some macaroni and cheese some shrimp (yes shrimp from Cracker Barrel! Yuck!), last but not least a tasty biscuit that Gavin would have eaten if I had not stopped him. Since he arleady had one, I made him put it in the box for his dad.

Off we went again to finish our errands. Finally on the way home an hour later, I could see Gavin hiding something in the back seat. After I asked what he was hiding several times, I glanced back and could see the take home box was cracked open. In that moment, I knew what would be missing.... you guessed it... the biscuit!

"Gavin, I thought we were going to save that biscuit for dad?"

"Well I was getting hungry."

"You could have waited to get home and had a fruit snack. You really should have saved that biscuit for dad because you already had one."

"Yea but I was hungry and you know Mom it's a NATURAL RESOURCE IN THE SOUTH!"

Ha ha! You are so funny Gavin!