Cheeky.

Hanging in my laundry room, next to the door that is the traffic center of the universe our house, there hangs a white board for writing notes to each other.

Adam--take lunch money.

Change oil.

Sometimes entire conversations take place.

Hubs u r hot. I like u.

(Babe, so r u.)

(Mom and dad u r gross.)

Occasionally I use the space to write a pithy little quote I've found, one that will, I'm sure, plant gentle seeds of truth and wisdom in the hearts of my children and grow forever and ever, amen. (Do not disdain the use of pithy little quotes as an important parenting tool. After all, not a single one of us ever jumped off a cliff when our friend did, nor did we count our chickens before they were hatched, so there you go.)

I posted this one a few days ago:

 

The twelve-year-old, (he of the endless eating of protein), had a response:

 

(Yes, it's changing the subject and it's cheeky, but a boy can get away with a lot when he has the good sense to employ parallel sentence structure.)

Comments

[Pam]

Love it! Sounds exactly like what my 10-year-old son would have written.

[jenn]

sounds like he's following in mom's footsteps...quite the articulate one!

[MamaHen]

That is great! I have three boys and they are awesome! And they eat lots of bacon.

[k&c's mom]

Ha! A bacon buffet for the son!

[Aunt LoLo]

Oooh....rather fancy! Love it. *grin*

[Tootie]

Haha! Very clever. :)

[Adventures In Babywearing]

OH my gosh I bet your kids are just like you! Too funny.

Steph

[~liz]

not to mention fabulous handwriting! :)

[Michele]

Now that's a boy after my own heart!

[erin]

This made me chuckle. I think our boys would get along quite well :)

[Denise]

You and I must really discuss this white board thing... because I have this project I've been thinking about...

[We are THAT family]

That boy needs a blog.

He's got his mother wit.

[Janelle]

Bacon is awesome. Sounds like one of my kids.

[goofdad]

WOW! As my mother used to say ... creativity goes a long way. Thanks fon sharing.

[Amy@New Nostalgia]

that is funny. what a fun family you have!

[The Penny-Pinching Mama]

What a clever idea - and a very true quote.

[Erin]

so, this one is YOUR child, I see....

hysterical.

[Laura]

I love it!

[Sue T]

So, did you show him the bacon?!

[Kim]

Be sure and show his English teacher! He/she would be proud that he correctly punctuated his compound sentence. *tee hee*

[Mel @ A Box of Chocolates]

Too funny! Great handwriting by the way! We have a little message center as well and now I'm going to start writing my own little tidbits to inspire. Love it. Have a great week.

[Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home]

That is so funny!

[Karen]

So cute! But you know that one about not jumping off a bridge when your friends do? That totally doesn't work at my house. My kids jumped off a bridge (into the Buffalo River), and their father followed them.

[prasti]

clever boy. i love that he integrated bacon...so delicious.

[Sarah B]

Oh my word. I hope my son is as witty when he gets older *but NOT a smartmouth* heehee.

[Terri]

God love him. I hope you made him some bacon! =)

[Lainie]

Have your son and my daughter been emailing each other without our knowledge? Bacon is a frequent topic of conversation since she is now, apparently, quite the connoisseur. Her choice? Farmland Organic hormone-free uncured. (Rolling eyes) She will of course eat whatever is purchased but she is taking her bacon cooking/eating to a new level since I had a Demarle party and she learned that she could cook the bacon in the oven and still have it come out crispy while she is cooking her eggs and fried rice (a Filipino thing) on the stove top.

Oh boy, I must not have used up all my words for today.

I really liked the pithy saying mainly because it is true...

[Lindsey]

Have you ever been cliff jumping?? Because I HAVE jumped off a cliff after my friends and then encouraged other friends to do it, too. :)

[Lorie]

Gotta love those 12 year-olds!

[Rachel Harrison]

Thanks for sharing! I needed a laugh!

[Sara]

Your 12 year old sounds like he would get along well with my 12 year old! And that is a really neat idea!

[Nicole @ Here's The Diehl]

Oh, I loved that. Cracking up!

[Luke Holzmann]

[laughing]

~Luke

[Genny]

I love whiteboards, and I LOVED this post. Thanks for the laugh!

[justanotherdayinparadise]

You gotta love a child (or anyone for that matter!) with a sense of humor!!

[JC]

I LOVE cheeky!!!

[Jennifer]

Make the boy a BLT! Heavy on the B, of course!
Thanks for the laugh!

[Jen]

My husband and I both found this very cute and funny:)

[BlueCastle]

I had to look twice - I like the "font" he used to write that. He is very talented, but it's so true. My oldest is only 9 but all of a sudden, if I'm making Meat for dinner, I'm the greatest person on the planet.

[Sadie]

That is totally adorable.

Sadie at heyMamas

[Stephanie]

Ha! This post definitely made me smile. You have a very smart boy.

I love the white board idea, by the way. I think I'd like to do that same thing when our kids are a little older...

[ldfouch@cableone.net]

I haven't burst into unexpected laughter over a blog post in a good long time....this one did the trick. Thanks! :-)

[Daiquiri]

Uh oh. Apparently, I put my email into the wrong field, and now it's out there for the whole world?! Will you delete please??