Biscuits Birthdays And Grumpy Old Men
If ever asked, to describe my son Roman, with the name of a movie title, I would have to say Grumpy Old Men.
He is neither old or a man, (yet) but he sure is grumpy, very outspoken, and so darn cute!
I’ve heard whispers around town that he looks just like his mother! And nobody argues with the town folk who whisper. NOBODY.
Okay. Where was I? Oh! The cute, grumpy, outspoken Roman.
Did I ever tell you about the time I took Roman and Jordan to the library to checkout some books, when Roman sees a man with one leg, walks right up to him, shakes his hand, looks down at the missing leg and says, “SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!”
EXIT! EXIT! Where is the nearest exit? Or an invisibility cloak? EITHER WILL DO!
“I apologize profusely sir, and I’ll definitely have a chat with my sister’s son on manners.”
Anyway, the other morning, Roman and I, had the following conversation over breakfast:
Roman: “If you have one biscuit you’re somebody! Two biscuits you’re nobody!
Me: “What?”
Roman: {uses his fingers for demonstration purposes AND emphasis, because obviously I’m an idiot in need of a visual AND a hearing aid.} 1 BISCUIT- SOMEBODY! 2 BISCUITS- NOBODY!
Me: {because at this point I’m surely an idiot…I have to ask.} “Are you calling me a nobody?”
Roman: {silence}
Me: “…because I’m the ONLY person here in the kitchen with you AND I’m the only person who has TWO biscuits.”
Roman: {shrugs his shoulders and sighs, because he can’t believe someone of HIS intelligence has an idiot for a mother.}
Me: “Roman would YOU like another biscuit?”
Roman: {with glee in his eyes, because the idiot mother has caught on. What’s her IQ anyway?} “YES!”
Me: {talking to myself as all idiots do. It’s a requirement before you’re allowed to wear the “I’m an Idiot” tee.} “I guess now we BOTH can be two biscuit eating NOBODYS!
Roman: {looks at me with pity in his eyes as to say…} “NO.”
HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY GRUMPY OLD MAN ROMAN!
(Roman at age 3)
SEE, you set yourself up for that one! LOL Why did I put up 1 and 2 fingers too? LOL I am going to fight him. He is sooooooo cute. Happy 5th Birthday Roman!!!
LOL! This made my day!
holy heck lady! you have a lot of small children! how do you do it? how? you have a website, tweet and take care of all those kids!
i pretty much only have to take care of myself and go to work and most days i feel like i can’t even handle that. pitiful i know.
your grumpy old man does sound like a laugh riot of a character though!
LOL – he will keep you on your toes and questioning your sanity for a long time to come. I know because I have one just like him and he is 12 now.
OMG! That is too funny! And that picture captures the whole “Grumpy Old Man” moment!!
That is too cute! Happy 5th birthday to Roman!!
That’s one mean dude.
HAHA he definitely got his orneriness from his mama right?
Haha, excellent. I come to this blog when I have posted for ages to remind myself how proper bloggers do it. Keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday to the little grump! How can somebody so grumpy be so darn cute?!!
He sounds awesome. Feliz Cumpleaños, Grumpy Old Man in training!
Ok, the whole one legged thing made me shoot my coffee out of my nose. My hubs has one leg. He was a dumb arse, he tried to jump a train when he was 13 years old, the train won. He is quicker without a prosthetic, he can balance on one leg for hours, He hops like a pro, we would win a three legged race hands down. A friend of mine’s son calls him the “Bionic Man” because he opts for a metal leg instead of a cosmetically appealing leg, maybe it is because 10 years ago I took a magic marker to that thing and drew on some “hair” so it looked more like the other leg.
I get “the look” from so many, you know, the “You are the worst woman in the world” look because after 14 years with him I could care less that he has only one leg and yes, I threatened to take away his crutches in Target last week because he kept poking me with the crutches while I was walking. Yes, I yelled that he could hop his “happy a$$ through Target for all I cared”…. ok, where was I going with all of this??
Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Roman! (That picture is too freakin cute!!!!!!!!!)
OMG! Too fricken funny! But what else would I expect from you and your offspring! Hi! Didya miss me? I missed you! He is a cutie-pie and oh so grumpy in that picture! Hope you and your family have a great holiday!