November 16, 2007
Smarty-Pants
Caleb, Eli, Isaac and I recently had a boys' night out. We made our way to our favorite diner and ordered up omelets and chocolate milkshakes. A favorite food item for the boys, as it turns out, is the maraschino cherry, replete with bright red stem to match its bright red skin. I noticed that rather than wolfing his down, however, Isaac was simply dangling his about. "You going to eat that cherry," I asked, "or just love on it?"
I meant it as a rhetorical question. Isaac smiled at me, then leaned forward and gave the cherry a little kiss. "Mmmwah." His brothers giggled. I rolled my eyes. The little ham spent the next twenty minutes, in between egg bites, kissing his cherry, cuddling it in his hands, and sweet-talking to it, all while casting mischievous grins in my direction.
Little smarty-pants. I don't know where he gets it.
Posted by Woodlief on November 16, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Hello;love the way you take an amusing thing that happens everyday, probably, although that cherry thing is very weird, tee hee, and write about it. It did make me chuckle and want to comment. I am a writer and I love to check out people's styles of writing. I blog too, posting poetry mainly.
Thanks for making me smile.
Posted by: Paulette at November 16, 2007 4:43 PM
Tony,
Just a note of thanks for your work on World's blog. I can't tell you how much your article on Robertson's endorsement confirmed and clarified for me my approach to voting in this election. I have encouraged a number of my friends to read it. Your article on "rules of engagement" was edifying as well. A wise wife is a gift from the Lord. May the Lord bless you as you seek to honor Him and influence others through your writing. And "Who knows but that you have risen to this position for such a time as this?" Thanks again for your faithful words.
Jim
Posted by: jim at November 19, 2007 11:32 AM
I'm sure you know all about the extra-cherry maneuver? Where you ask the waitress on-the-sly to add an EXTRA cherry to the milkshakes?
Posted by: Lucy at November 26, 2007 8:48 AM
Thank you Jim -- I think it the Rules of Engagement idea calmed everyone down a bit.
Lucy, I would ask, but now my boys have taken to asking themselves. They have this ability to make lady-folks weak in the knees.
Paulette, you should have given us all the link to your site.
Posted by: Tony at November 27, 2007 11:30 AM
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