We were on the back field yesterday morning letting Tessa have a little romp when we saw the the tree-trimmers truck (looks like a small garbage truck) was mired in the outfield of the baseball field. The poor guys were trying everything: digging for harder ground, putting things under the wheels, etc. But they were just spinning deeper and deeper. So Mark suddenly gets an idea ("hey, I have a big 4x4 diesel!") and jogs around to them and asks them if they'd like him to try pulling them out with his truck. They say "Yes, please!" So he jogs back around and into the house. Jakie's been watching all of this curiously and after Mark disappears back into the house, he suddenly starts running while yelling at the top of his lungs "WAAAAAIIIIIIITTTT FOOOOOOR MEEEEEE!!!!"
He got to Daddy in time and strapped himself in and got the thrill of his little lifetime driving right out onto the field to the far corner of the baseball outfield and watching his Daddy tie up a truck (that looked an awful lot like a garbage truck) to "The Diesel" (what Jakie calls it) and rescuing them with a good strong engine-revving tow. And topped it all off with a "WE DID IT!!" high-5.
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Jakie ought to be able to live on that for a while! Love that little guy. I called Heidi Fri eve and Jakie answered. I said "Hi Jakie," and he thought I was his Mom and he rattled off his excitement at being included in an activity with Jordan's friends. It took quite a while to get him to realize it was Grandma. He wakes up slowly, but lives life on high when happy!
Oh Jakie - WHAT FUN & what a GREAT & thoughtful Daddy you have!!!! Good for YOU!
Re his "waking up slowly", however, I "swear" it has to be the result of a recessive (Counsell) "gene"! ;-) - Ethan has it too, although so does Teresa, so THAT squashes THAT "theory"! - -UNless Ethan got it from BOTH sides! :-). I KNOW (and MANY of you do as well ;-) that I certainly inherited "it"! - PTL that I am SO blessed to work with patient staffers who accept/put up with one anothers foibles! - When I had frequent (UGH!) occasion to be at work at 8am during my recent loooong FT hours "season", one coworker kidded me saying that my eyes are just "doughy" and that "they" were beginning to think I was "noctournal"!!! Sigh, my brain is TRYING to "start", but is more like a sputtering "engine" on a COLD morning as it awaits my Dr. Pepper to take effect! - "Heaven forbid" that anyone would want a bill changed at THAT "hour", but if so, my mgr just smiles and helps out patiently (IF necessary) - she realizes it is just a matter of time before my Dr. Pepper has done its "job"! :-) mc
I have the wake-up-slowly gene. Unfortunately Mark is on the opposite end. It takes me a while to fall asleep and to wake up so I tend to go to bed late and wake up late. Mark falls asleep and wakes up in an instant. I still have to remind him on occasion that we are just wired differently.
I'm already dreading getting Jakie to school by 7:45 next year. It was such a relief when Jordan could drive himself and since pre-school starts later, I've gotten spoiled the last couple years. Another "non-morning" mom and I are already starting to try to psyche ourselves for next year's schedule.
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