I mainly write about myself on this site. It is both to protect people and their feelings and also to protect myself from people and their feelings.
However, I don’t live in a bubble and so I do include those around me. Including my kids. I am very fond of relating the more witty things they come up with to say and do.
I also appreciate the fact that not everyone on the planet thinks that my children are as adorable and hilarious as I do. So, when I post things about my kids I try to weigh if it is something I would think was moving, hilarious, or touching if it came from the fruit of some random person’s loins instead of my own.
As some of you also know, I am also very fond of using post scripts in my writings. I have been known to carry it to rather far, sometimes adding 4 to 5 of them at the end of my scribblings.
I have just unearthed evidence that my children can kick my ass in this category.
We just moved them into the same room because they did not like being in separate rooms. Often I would find them curled up on the floor of the others room in the mornings. I also caught them in the act of an elaborate “letter writing system” a few weeks before Christmas that involved rolls of paper tied with string being pushed under each others shut doors WELL after bedtime. Which was when the final decision was made to just let them back in the same room together.
While I was not at all happy with the late night shenanigans, the letter itself made me LAUGH MY ASS OFF. Truly, I would have laughed at any 9 and 12-year-old that conversed like this:
(All spelling and grammar is their own. And yes. They really talk like this.)
Dear brother
of course i wont blow my nose with your stuffed zebra, but i might be tempted to. Not to be offensive but your handwriting needs a little work.
love,
your brother,
Christopher C.
P.S. i hope what i said wasn’t offensive?
P.P.S. please write back.
P.P.P.S Will you go get me some tissues, please?
P.P.P.P.S. I will try to write you a comic book for your Christmas presente.
P.P.P.P.P.S. i love you.
P.P.P.P.P.P.S. please dont take my letter personally.
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. I hope you have a good nite sleepe!
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. please flip this over to the other side of the paper
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S I hope you write as many post scripts as i have.
Dear Christopher:
i know that my handwriting needs a little work butt yours does to. Butt that is fine for a 9-year old boy. i love you to and appreciate all the effort that you are going to for my Christmas present. here is a rag. it’s the closest thing i could get to a tissue.
love,
James B.
your Brother
Dear brother,
well, if i could find Robbin (his favorite stuffed animal-a turtle) i would let him sleep over with you. and thanks for the sort of like tissue.
sinserely,
Christopher C.
P.S. is Robbin in your room? I would appreciate it if you would look.
I think I called 10 people and read this to them. I love the way my kids love each other. They can fight like cats and dogs but truly, they are each others best friend.
I love my boys. They will be great men.
P.S. I am feeling somewhat better and have managed to keep some food down. Hopefully, I will be able to get on some medication soon to help make sure I keep improving. Thank you for all the support.
P.P.S. For those who keep inquiring, I am so sorry if I haven’t gotten back to you. My inbox HATES MY GUTS. But then, my GUTS HATE ME right now, and I am really behind. I deeply appreciate the emails and apologize if you haven’t heard back. I’m a little overwhelmed.
P.P.P.S. My ultrasound is Jan.19th. This is the most asked question. I will let you know what I’m having, worry not. If it is a girl, it will be the squee heard round the world, I assure you.
P.P.P.S. Not that I won’t be happy with a boy.
P.P.P.P.S. I’m doing the post script thing again, aren’t I?
P.P.P.P.P.S. Some things never change, I guess.
P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Dammit.
(Hee.)
Umm. They are awesome. I hope my kids are like that. Oh and sending thoughts of pink and ruffles!
Wow. My brother and I had to share a room for years, and I’m surprised that either of us survived it. What kind of kid wants to share a room with his sibling?
Your boys are so sweet. Not many siblings would want to share a room. This tells me that you are doing an amazing job of parenting.
Appreciate the disclaimers, but they were unnecessary (except for reminding me that JUST POSSIBLY mine own kids aren’t the be-all).
I hope you consider getting your boys blogs. Anonymously, of course. That kind of writing (heartfelt, honest, original) deserves a wider audience.
The letter was absolutely the cutest thing ever. My brother and I never had to share rooms, but I remember us talking on walkie talkies till the wee hours. So sweet that they love each other so much. Keeping my fingers crossed for a girl.
You have the cutest boys EVER.
P.S. make sure you put a tissue box in their room tonight since mucous seems to be an issue.
P.P.S. I totally love that they loved stuffed animals. Some people think that boys+stuffed animals=destined to be gay. I say “So what, as long as he stays out of my shoes, it’s fine!”
P.P.P.S.A part of me hopes you’re having a boy, because if it’s a girl, she’s going to go hog wild once her protective brothers move out of the house.
P.P.P.P.P.S. I really hope you get to feeling better soon. My friend had morning sickness like you did. She had to go on the anti-nausea drug they give patients who are getting Chemo. That sucked and was heinous expensive.
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. You amaze me that you can be raising two boys, rearranging furniture and blogging while you feel so crappy.
P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. I love you.
I think it’s awesome that you’ve got proof of your DNA swimming around in those noggins!
Loralee- Can I tell you a *secret*??? I LOVE hearing about your kids. They seem so sweet and genuine and smart, and I love getting to read that through your writing. Honestly, I think you could be writing about how they… I tried to think of something really boring, but couldn’t, so *insert some really boring, menial task here* and I would still be amused.
You really do seem to be pretty blessed with a wonderful family, and I couldn’t be happier for you in that. So. Please, don’t feel bad for writing about them, even if it’s not something that would touch you if they weren’t your kids.
Alright. I’m off for a yummy *before bedtime brownie* and then I’m going to sleep. Hope you continue to feel better.
Your sons are adorable. I’m secretly hoping you have a girl. (Boy or girl, the baby will be very lucky to have such rockin’ older brothers.) That is all.
I only hope my boys are like that when they grow up. You did good, Loralee!
I love this – I hope that my boys will have a relationship like that when they are older.
I thought that was so funny! They really are great boys.
I don’t always care for random stories about random people’s kids, but when you follow a blog regularly, the kids aren’t random any more, so most of the stories are appreciated. I have always liked your kid stories :-)
I mainly think it’s just so sweet that they love each other. My half brother and I are 3 years apart and there was NO note writing between us. Mainly because he is dumb and cannot write. (I KID!!!)
If you had told me then that we’d get along as well as we do today, I’d have called you a liar.
P.S. Fingers crossed for PINK!!!
Your boys are so adorable. When I was younger I always shared a room with both brother and sister, and it was hell. But I think it was our age difference. My sis and I are 5 yrs apart and my bro was almost 10 yrs apart. I hope that my kids are as adorable as yours and so far they are. Even though they also fight like cats and dogs
P.S. I am really hoping you have a girl. They are so much fun to dress up.
“Here is a rag, it’s the closest thing I could find to a tissue.” Oh. MY. GOSH. That is so funny. They didn’t come from my loins, but I still find them funny as can be.
Indeed that was adorable and I can’t wait to find out what you are having. We’ll know about our baby in 2 weeks. I can’t wait!
Your kids are awesome. Bu then, with you as their mom, how could they not be?
G;ad to hear you are feeling a bit better.
Will be waiting anxiously for the news on the 19th!
I LOVE hearing that kids that age still love each other.
I can only HOPE that my girls, 3 & 4 yo, 18 mo apart, will have that kind of relationship. My sister and I were 18 mo apart and fought constantly. I hope to instill in them LOVE instead of FIGHT.
PS – My whole life is a post script.
PPS – Is it sad that I purposely used a PS in my comment?
i LOVE that your kids are big fans of the PS. they are my favorite.
ps. that comment was from me. ;)
Too sweet.
Will be thinking of you January 19 – a fine day indeed. My birthday.
Might I say I’m thinking Girl?
PS…the next not-so-great day you have (ie like the jeweler losing your $8000 engagement ring) take a moment to read that exchange and remember…life is sweet….and in case your wondering, yes, a size 9 foot does fit up a jewelers ass sideways!
XOXO
OH! I also love the way your boys love each other!! They are SO sweet!!! It makes my insides want to burst!
Thinking pink. Not that it matters, but I gotta lot pink at my house.
p.s. you rock and your boys do, too…the letters are completely endearing :)
Your boys sounds wonderful. How cute were those notes!
I hope you continue to feel better!!!
Truly adorable.
I love me some post scripts, but I do them wrong to mess with the grammar Nazis. Cause P.S.S.S. is waaaay funnier and amuses my inner 9 year old boy.
I seriously never get tired of hearing how your boys interact with each other. It is so funny. The notes are genius, but nothing will top them writing the note, making a paper airplane and flying it into your room.
Wow, they are becoming you.
Seriously, your boys are adorable! Love the letters. They are too cute. And yes, they do seem to take after their mother with all the post scripts. CUTE!
Loralee,
You got it right – this post is funny regardless. :) Though I do happen to have a 7 yo boy who is also fond of writing notes and has atrocious spelling and handwriting. So I sorta relate. Your guys are so funny! Love it. Be well…
I love the PS! Love the “butt”! Sweetest of all, I love that the “P.P.P.P.P.S. i love you.” How sweet is that!? (hmmm…, come to think of it, you might even be able to blackmail him with that!! ;))
I love how many times they wrote appreciate. Awesome letter.
Glad you shared that.
That’s awesome how much they love each other. Also, they sounds quite intelligent. Good job on that one!
Love it- love it- love it!
I love it that the 9 year old can spell “appreciate” and misspells “but” by adding an extra t. That is hilarious, the whole dang thing.
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one with this gene in full expression.
In my continuing effort to fight nature, I will not include any kind of postscript here.*
* I didn’t say how hard I’d fight.
That is way too funny! You just don’t realize how much your kids take after you until something like this happens.
There is most-definitely a post script gene. I have it. I have many letters and emails with multiple P.S.’s. I have two boys, I can see them doing what you described. Very funny!