Since he is not quite 9, my youngest son, Christopher, is still young enough to want to be tickled, loved, cuddled, and tucked in at night. Giving both of my boys “Tucky-innies” every single night at bedtime is one of the few things I am consistent about as a mom and I do come hell or high water.
Christopher especially loves it. He is just a cuddly little guy.
He especially loves “Huggies” with his mom. (That would be me. Just in case you were lost.)
Multiple times a day, he comes and wraps his arms around my waist and squeezes me in a “Monster Hug”.
I always squeeze back and say, “My little Christophee!!!!”
I have to admit that I am kind of looking forward to the day when he comes up with a different response than “My BIG MAMMA!”.
Sigh…
Kerri Anne says:
Being tucked in nightly could quite possibly be the best part about being a kid, and definitely one of my most favorite and tangible memories of being one.
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April 21st, 2008 at 1:05 am
SparklieSunShine says:
Haha! This reminds me of me and my sister. She is quite a bit older than me (10 years) and when I was little and she was a teenager I used to call her Big. Like all the time. Like it was her name. She wasn’t actually large, just big to me. I’m sure it did wonders for her self-esteem though. Sorry sis!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:20 am
Angella says:
We have a nightly routine over here too. Bath, books, and bed, complete with prayers, hugs and kisses.
Aww…
Makes up for the fact that Graham refers to me as HUGE.
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:02 am
Kyle Johnson says:
Ahh, that is so cute Loralee
April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 am
andi says:
You think that’s bad? A few weeks ago my 3-year-old said to me, “How come you have such a fat belly, mama?” If only there was a reasonable excuse like a baby using it as a home.
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:43 am
Erika says:
I am big too. Don’t make me roar.
(Sorry readers, inside joke)
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Cory says:
LMAO my 6 year old nephew calls my sister Big Mama all the time…
One time they were tubing the river and there was a really shallow spot, so my sister got out of her tube and started pulling the group (my nephew and a few others) over the shallow spot…the river is ALWAYS crowded-tons of people-and my nephew starts shouting “COME ON BIG MAMA! COME ON BIG MAMA! YOU CAN DO IT BIG MAMA”. The entire river was laughing at my bi..I mean older…sister.
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:27 am
calicobebop says:
So sweet. We have “monster hugs” in our house too. Although Muffin hasn’t called me “Big Mama.” Yet.
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:49 am
Bridge says:
LOL… sooo true. I really don’t want my kids to get any bigger now. They can stay this age forever.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
Erin Evans Taylor says:
I used to cuddle in Eason’s bed with him to read him stories, and in the morning when I would wake him up, too. Now, his bed is 5 feet off the ground- a little harder to get to. So we just cuddle on MY bed for stories every night. You are a good mom! And, yes, you are tall!
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April 21st, 2008 at 9:25 am
Melly says:
Cute!
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April 21st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Heather B. says:
I once had a five year old tell me that I was taking up too much space on the bed. Sadly it wasn’t my five year old so I couldn’t pick him up by his earlobes and toss him out the window but I was tempted.
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April 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Cory says:
I just got this from a friend and immediately thought of your cat:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/trixiefirecory/cats.jpg
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April 21st, 2008 at 11:21 am
Charli says:
Hey, you can’t be that big if he can get his little arms all the way around you, right?!
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April 21st, 2008 at 12:12 pm
lceel says:
That could be your new blogger name - Big Mama!! Maybe not, huh? I can feel the glare, even from here. Later.
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April 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Redneck Mommy says:
Filing it away for future knowledge: Do not refer to Loralee as Big Mama.
Hot Mama, yes, Big Mama, no.
I think I got it. But of course it will all depend on how much booze is flowing through my veins at the time and just how much taller than you are than me.
Heh.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Camille says:
We’re all giants to kids, relatively speaking.
Too bad they point it out for us so often.
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April 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Amber says:
Snuggles. My little guy gives me an abundance of them. And I can’t say I would be sad to hear him call me Big Mama. That would mean he’s doing more than grunting.
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April 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Queen of Shake Shake says:
Here’s my favorite part of hugs.
When I bend down to hug Payton, he’ll feel my muffin top and ask me what it is. When I tell him it’s fat, he wants to know why I’m making myself fat.
(Maybe because of all of the emotional eating caused by raising you??)
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April 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
rima says:
The V-meister always talks about when she’s going to be “big like Mama.”
Which cracks me up because I’m maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe five feet tall. On a good day. With heels. I give her until about the second grade.
*Le sigh.*
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April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Jack says:
My daughter told me that at her wedding she doesn’t want her own table, she wants to sit on my lap.
She is 3.5.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Adam says:
hehehehehe. You can give kudos to little Christophee for giving me chuckle this morning. Very well played.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
natalie says:
one of my sons has given me the nickname “momster” so we have momster hugs. works for me.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 8:41 am
Rachel (Louisiana) says:
Kids say the funniest things. And to Erika: yes, honey, we know you’re big too. Very intimidating, I assure you.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am
rachel says:
*snicker*
Hee Hee. I’ve missed you.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Nat says:
Hysterical.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm