Crying erupted from the hallway and Ian came running to me bawling. Kyra pushed him (after he had been picking on her for 5 minutes) and he fell on top of his remote control car breaking it beyond repair.
All the other kids came to investigate and discovered Ian in tears over his broken toy. When all their "solutions" to fix it wouldn't work, they did the next best thing...stole his thunder.
Within seconds all of them were lamenting treasured toys of long ago. Broken dolls, balls, lost papers. You name it; we cried about it. Five kids crying, uncontrollably. I tried to be empathetic, but when no one was looking I snickered, a lot.
Eric was the most emotional. He cried and cried over the transformer ball that he accidentally aired up so much it popped. Apparently he "wanted to keep it as a memory," but his super-mean dad made him throw it away.
P.S. As I tucked Eric in bed tonight he told me a secret. "Hey Mom, did you know I got a new talent today. I can cry whenever I want." Let me tell you, he is very, very talented.
11 comments:
aww, five kids crying at the same time? I would've been going out of my mind!
Sounds like Eric and I have the same talent. I don't know if it is more a talent or a curse but what ever it is we can do it.
Five kids crying and you snicker. Could I have just a smidgen of that? I would have gone out of my head.
Sounds like a wonderful afternoon - full of tears, inevitable runny noses from the tears, and the growing of new talents. I'm thinking Eric may regret letting you know he can cry on demand. :)
That is too funny! I don't know if I could handle 5 crying at the same time, you are so patient.
As usual, hilarious...and well-written. Love it. And I love that Kyra was able to push her big brother down!
he and jayne have the same talent!
Laura, I've learned how to laugh whenever I want; I just have to turn to your blog!
So funny!!!! The pic is great too. Five! What an adventure.
Think he could enter with that one into the school talent show?
Ian, Ian, Ian. He will always be my favorite. I LOVE that kid!
Kevin is always trying to keep things "as a memory"! So funny!
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