Conversations with the Nephew

Date: Friday, July 13, 2007
Location: Clearwater Beach
Activity: Boogie Boarding and Body Surfing (Like what else do you do at the beach when you’re 8?)

~Aunt Michele, watch out, that wave coming is DEFINITELY from Hawaii!
(When you live on the West Coast of Florida, any wave higher than the height of a bicycle and isn’t a result of a hurricane, is huge!)
Insert “girl sound” from Aunt Michele. She doesn’t actually remember making said sound, but read on….
~That wave was so awesome! But, Aunt Michele, you just sounded like a girl.
~Well, Ross, I am a girl.
~Nnnnnoooo you’re not. You’re a tomboy.

And you know… I really didn’t know what to do with that information and Ross really didn’t go into any more detail.

Date: Friday, July 13, 2007/Evening
Location: Grandma’s Den (my mom’s house)
Activity: Ross playing with his new Panda Webkins (oh and this is a HUGE deal).

Ross turns in the computer chair to face me, Grandma and his mom and to explain about the huge Hawaiian waves we battled.

~And then Aunt Michele made a sound like a girl.
~(My sister) Well your Aunt is a girl.
~Um, no. You and Grandma are girls. Aunt Michele is a tomboy.
~(My mom/Grandma) How come we are girls and she’s not?
~(He points his finger to his mom and Grandma while saying) Because you two are high maintenance.

I LOVE THE HELL OUT OF MY NEPHEW! He’s so bright!

Peace, Love & Out of the mouth of babes…

~ by Michele Mattia on 2007, July 15.