Like Father Like Son.

My husband Allen recently built a knife throwing target with one of his guy friends.  It's in my back yard and whenever we have company the men tend to go outside and throw knives, axes etc.  My neighbors MUST think we are insane but I digress.

 

This weekend while we were outside, the kids were playing and everyone was just relaxing.   I saw Jakob walk over to the target.  We don't keep the knives there or anything so I was not concerned.  I saw him walk back and stand staring at the target.  Then he bent down and picked up a plastic spatula off the ground.  Why and how said spatula got in my backyard IS a mystery. 

 

Don't judge!! 

 

No seriously,  Jakob likes to get into the utensil drawer and hoard utensils in his toybox.  I'm not sure why and YES I realize this is weird.  I assumed he had smuggled the spatula outside at some point or another.

 

So he picks up the spatula and starts throwing it over and over at the target.  He was actually hitting the target.  I found myself watching my three year old do something SO simple, so innocent (yes I realize knife throwing isn't EXACTLY innocent but STAY with me here people! lol) and he was mimicing his daddy.  While odd that knife throwing (errr....spatula throwing rather) could warm my heart it really did.  Then I reveled in watching him play with his friends in the back yard.  Taking turns sliding down the slide, racing towards the kiddie pool to jump in and of course fighting over toys like all kids tend to do. 

 

It was a "normal" moment. 

 

As a mom I know I sometimes forget that our children are paying attention much more than we realize.  I am finding that out more and more and Jakob continues to show it to me.  I am incredibly grateful for moments like this.  Moments that show me that Jakob loves us and wants to be like us.  That he's paying attention even though he can't explain that to me.  Moments like this warm my heart and scare me at the same time.  Am I doing this right?  Does he know how much I love him?  Am I raising him to be a stable, happy adult one day?  I think these are thoughts ALL parents have from time to time.

 

These are moments I never thought I would have for quite a long time.  Normal to us has become so abnormal to others that when we do have "a moment" I find myself taken aback and teary eyed. 

 

It's all about the little things in life. 

 

I am so grateful for my kids.

 

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Comment by Molly Hanes O'Hara on July 29, 2011 at 11:51am
it's not weird. my kids hoard utensils, too. you should see the crap i find all over the damn place. oh yesterday i found a fork in the bushes in the front yard.
Comment by Karen D. Benitez on July 27, 2011 at 7:13am

Let me start this with the fact that my husband is disabled, so he stayed at home with our daughter while I worked full time. Anyway, when she was being potty trained she decided that it was wrong for her to sit facing away from the toilet because "daddy" always faced the toilet and so she would sit backwards on the toilet to do her "business". We both thought this was hilarious, but after reading your blog I realize she was just imitating her father. This brings up the question as to why my husband didn't close the bathroom door while doing his "business"? Oh well, I don't think there's any lasting damage done. She now is using the toilet appropriately. lol.

 

Comment by Stacie Carmel on July 3, 2011 at 6:28pm

Cute!

My son has three sisters and two step sisters.

The last birthday party that he went to he wanted the girl goodie bag.

My friend, thought that was a little wierd.

I told her if he came home with a boy bag, no one would really care. But he could really make his sisters impressed with the girl bag.

They all played for a while with the contents. Its funny how you really know whats going on in their heads sometimes.

They make me smile EVERYDAY!!

Comment by Rowan's~mommy on June 3, 2011 at 10:05am
hahaha this cracks me up! rowan ALSO gets into that drawer and i have found at least one different tool everyday somewhere. In his toybox, under the couch etc. I don't know what the greatness of them are but who am i to judge haha. I like when they copy you. Rowan makes me laugh all the time the way he tries to copy me or his dad. Too cute!
Comment by shooter on June 3, 2011 at 5:54am
i dont think of it as abnormal, i did the same thing at your childs age, but i come from the days of when kids actualy played outside and only need to be home before the street light came on, my dad was military so your situation is normal, go with it, and embrace it, your child is just imatating his hero------> dad

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