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Oh shit... It happened... He's me.

I've mentioned this before but my mom always talks about the time she knew I'd be a super independent person... It was when I was in a parking lot and she asked me to hold her hand. I grabbed my own and walked away saying "I hold my hand."

Today I called my mom and asked her about how old I was... She guessed three.

That means we're screwed. At just over two years old MF pulled this one on my tonight. Same scenario... I reached out for his hand and he walked off saying "I'm holding my hands."

I'd guess that every kid says this but I haven't heard of any others doing it... My sister didn't, probably because she wasn't as smart as me... Or maybe because she was thinking of the probability that she'd be hit by a car... Which is actually quite low (I'd guess) so that gets into the not as smart as me territory... Not to say she's not smart, she's a Statistics and Analytical (and other) Math professor... She's just not as smart as I am (I'm guessing.) She also reads this blog so we're all good.

The thing is you always want your kids to do/be better than you... At least that's what I hear. People want them to learn from their mistakes and come out "better" in some way.

And I'm the same... I want The Kid to succeed in all he does. To shine. To learn from my mistakes, although to make his own because really that's the only way we learn.

And I want him to be smarter than me. Funnier than me (not really because I'll be jealous but I want to pretend that I want him to be funnier than I am). To be more of a pain in the ass than me... Not toward me though... MF don't be a pain in the add to me... But you can be a minor one to your mom (she totally loves when I am) and certainly to other people...

He's already starting the pain in the ass thing with us by telling us "I'm busy" when we ask him if he wants to read a book... When really he's not busy he's just playing with one of those plastic things where you push two buttons on the side and a monkey goes around a trapeze thing...

Or when he tells his mom "shh mom, I'm talking now" when she was talking in the first place...

Or when he says "don't do that" when I'm singing... I'm an awesome singer... Except when I'm singing.

Then he's schooled his mom about not packing enough soup in his lunch... He said he cried.

But damn... Him pulling this "I'll hold my hands" BS before me kind makes me think he's going to be more independent and more sly than me really fast... If he isn't already.

The really weird thing is that I see how much like me he is... I mean he looks nothing like me aside from the shape of our eyes/brows but damn... He's totally me.

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  1. KaylaMarch 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    This made me laugh. It's got to be a little cool though to see your kid be so like you, right? I mean, I think it would be cool.

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    1. kennyMarch 7, 2012 at 1:22 PM

      I think it is kind of cool that he's kind of got my personality. Although I'm not sure personality is the right word... Maybe outlook on things. But it's also rather weird because I feel like I'm seeing the two year old me.

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  2. Stacey BMarch 7, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    Ummm, is it funny that you are talking about the possible lack of smartness of your sister while you are mentioning that she may get hit by a "card?"

    I can only imagine that 52 card pick up was one of her most feared games.

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    1. kennyMarch 7, 2012 at 1:20 PM

      Wow. That's my first typo ever... It feels weird. And now it's corrected so it never happened and these comments seem out of place.

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    2. Stacey BMarch 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM

      Damn it, now I look fucking crazy! Thanks a lot Kenny!

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