this is Kristopher - "gettin' a raising"

my place to share the adventures, the ups and downs, and, of course, the incredible joys that i've experienced with parenting Kristopher over the years. i've decided to call it "raising Kristopher" because, as we southerners say, "all children need these days is a good raising.”

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

by the hair of his chinny chin chin...

kristopher thinks he has hair on his chin. how do i know this? because he told me last night while we were driving along.
here's how it went:
kristopher (rubbing his chin): "ooo mom! feel this-i'm getting A hair on my chin!"
me (cutting my eyes at his chin while driving): "what? hair? please- you are NOT getting any hair."

kt: "umhum! yes i am! FEEL IT!"

me: "are you crazy? don't you see me driving? i can LOOK at you and see there is no hair growing."

kt: "ma- that's what you said about my 'stache and now look at it." (there is a SMALL amount of something on his top lip that he is constantly rubbing. it looks like dirt to me but if he wants to call it a "stache" then whatever) he continued: "i have some hair on my chin and i can feel it. all you have to do is feel right here."

me (squinting to see if i can see the microscopic hair on his chin now that we were at a stop sign): "boy, there is NO HAIR on your chin. but i tell you what- you better NOT let me get hair on mine when i am an old woman in the nursing home."

**side note** (now you all know that you have seen those little old ladies who have beards. i am NOT trying to be one of them (i am taking SEXY to the nursing home but i digress) and i have told kristopher ever since he was born that if he does indeed place me in a nursing home, he has to come pluck the hair from my chin once a week. HAHAHAHA! ugh! i shudder at the thought and so does he (both for different reasons though).

kt
(recoiling at the mere thought of having to pluck the hair out of my chin when i am old): "oh, that is so gross. let's not talk about that again."


i guess we will wait until the hair is actually visible and discuss it again.