The Darndest 2

"R!"
"R! It's time to get dressed."
"R!! Please answer me when I'm talking to you!"
"My name is not R. My name is Black Chest."


?!


"Black Chest? Why Black Chest?"
"You know, like a pirate."
"You mean, like Black Beard?"
"Exactly, but I don't have a beard, so I'm Black Chest."


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Or later the same day, on a walk with B to the merkaz he says to me, "I'm having a vision."
Startled, I reply, "Wow, a vision of what exactly?"
"You know, where you divide one number by another: A Vision."


Along the same lines last week he came home from school and told me his test was on "Divination".
"WHAT?"
"You know, multiplication, divination."


And so begins the long slow dance of forgetting our English...

An "R" Moment

I had a "moment" today with R that will stay with me a long time. At least long enough to be able to use against him well into his 20's. Usually, BAW picks him up from school, but today I had some shopping to do up at the Merkaz, so I picked him up and we walked and shopped together for a while.

I turned to him at one point and said, "You know R, this is SO nice for me to pick you up and walk with you, just you and me!"

He squeezed my hand and looked up at me and said, "Imma, I am going to stay with you forever and ever, and never leave you. Except when I have to go to school!" It brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes.

"Well, what about when you get married?"

He laughed and looked at me like I was crazy, "We'll both live with you then!"

If only.