Daily Dose of Mama: The Cool Kid

Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Cool Kid

Little Bug has taken to choosing an item each morning to bring to school to show his teacher. Usually it's a raggie or his ferret ball, but today it was his train book, a prized possession of his. He proudly walked it the entire way into school, clutching the over sized book with both his hands (not an easy feat even now for my little guy), and showed it to his teacher in the hall, who ohhhed and awwed enough to make Little Bug drunk on joy to be sharing and praised.

We're not supposed to bring toys from home into school because kids fight over them, but I allowed Little Bug to bring the book into his classroom to show his friends. Little Bug is fiercely protective over this book, but he held it out in front of him like something out of the Lion King, proudly showing the book to all his friends. The clustered around him (including the boys who like to exclude Little Bug), and Little Bug sat the book on the table so everyone could see.

God, I wish I had a camera in that moment.

It's a rare sight for me to see Little Bug truly, truly, truly interacting with a larger group of kids in such a positive way for an extended period of time (and I think it happens more often than I think, I just don't get to see it), but there he was, with friends clustered tight around him on other side as he turned the pages of this train book. They all exclaimed over the pictures, pointing and laughing. Little Bug looked up at me and met my eye for just a moment, with the most genuine, happy smile on his face.

For that one moment, he was the.coolest.kid. in that room.

9 comments:

Rach@In His HandsDecember 2, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Oh, Cori, this brings happy tears to my eyes. I can see why this was such a special, wonderful moment. No need for a camera, mama....you'll always remember this one.
ReplyDelete
Replies
KaraDecember 2, 2010 at 10:49 AM
What a special moment that you were able to witness. And I have to admit, I chuckled at the mental image of him holding the book out in front of him. What is is about kids and trains? I'm sure you'll remember this forever, but so will Little Bug. And for the record, I think he's always a cool kid!
ReplyDelete
Replies
kellyDecember 2, 2010 at 10:59 AM
LOVE THIS. Warms my heart. Go Little Bug!!
ReplyDelete
Replies
sueDecember 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
i'm feeling a little gushy today anyway, but man, this post put me over the edge! what a wonderful experience for little bug and it's even more wonderful that you got to see it.
ReplyDelete
Replies
MinDecember 2, 2010 at 6:33 PM
That's wonderful! I have a soft spot for Little Bug, I guess, because this made me teary.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Christine @ 12,450miles December 2, 2010 at 6:55 PM
Oh man, I can't even tell you how much I love this!

PS - I'm pretty sure S thinks Little Bug is one of the coolest kids he's met. He always stops when his picture pops up in the slide show screen saver and says Hi.
ReplyDelete
Replies
KristenDecember 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM
I'm so glad Little Bug had this moment and that you were there to see it!
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousDecember 4, 2010 at 7:12 AM
What a great moment to remember. How wonderful that you were there to see it!
ReplyDelete
Replies
JoJoDecember 10, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Awwww...so sweet!
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Thanks for your daily dose of you....

Everyday Mama

I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

I worked full time as an editor, which I loved; but I made the bittersweet decision to stay home with my children after Little Bro came home. I'm now clumsily finding my footing in a new world of housekeeping, menu planning, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and rainy-day activities, as well as navigating the world of IEPs, parent advocacy, and special needs education (spoiler: I suck at house work). My husband is hot and smart and quiet and loyal, and I think (know) my sons are the cutest, happiest little boys in the world.

I also struggle at times with mild depression, anxiety, post-adoption depression, my husband's constant absence due to his stressful and super time-consuming job, the challenges of helping my older son with his sometimes exhausting special needs, and our transition to a family of three little boys with just 19 and 14 months between them. I worry way too much about what people think of me, hate talking on the phone, and I am trying to trust myself more.

Oh yeah, I'm unable to give birth to children; love books, writing, traveling, and the color brown; hate to clean, cook, craft, or do laundry; allergic to pretty much everything but food (thank God); and think camping in anything but a tent is lame.

I needed somewhere to drop my daily mama thoughts and musings on toddler poop to avoid massive clutter and ramblings on our private family blog. Writing it down on paper is so '90s.

This is my everyday "blournal" as I navigate through my life as a first-time (or is it third-time now?) mama and long-time me. So....hi.

You can contact me at daily.dose.of.mama (at) gmail.com.

THE CONTENT OF THIS BLOG IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED.

As an editor, I deal with people on a regular basis who think images or content on the internet (whether it does or does not have a copyright designation) are "fair use." Your lesson for the day is that anything someone writes or creates that is published on the internet is copyright protected, whether he or she spells it out or not. Although I doubt anyone wants to steal my riveting posts on toddler poop, it doesn't hurt to educate the world about the wonderful magic of online copyright law.