A lesson learned many years ago at some seminar, sales or customer service or management or something, was Be Present.
That always stuck with me, I’ve always tried to be the person that lets the phone go to voice mail, doesn’t look at their watch and even if my mind is glazing over maintain eye contact when in conversation with some one. That said, being a working parent with limited time in the evenings I do my absolute best to Be Present.
Annabelle is at the stage now where she will exclaim breathlessly “Oh Mommy, I have something to tell you”. Usually it is something that happened at school 2 weeks ago or something that happened on a TV show but never-the-less I give her my full attention.
My careful little observer Nate sees this. He knows the phrase to use to get Mommy’s rapt attention. Unfortunately once he gets that attention he hasn’t thought far enough ahead to report anything. Most of the time I see his beautiful blue eyes search for something, then when he feels he is losing the moment he will exclaim “Chicken Butts!”
I don’t know where this phrase came from but it never fails to dissolve both him and his sister into giggles.
He pulled it on our photographer friend Stacy while we were getting his 2 year pictures done. She snapped right as he said it, making this “Chicken Butts!” picture one of my favorite of all time.
2 comments:
That child is ridiculously adorable. :)
He is so cute! And I love Stacy at Sears. She takes the Best pictures.
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