When I told the boys that it was Daddy's birthday today, you'd have thought I'd said we won the lottery. They screamed 'YAY!!!!!!', jumped up and down, threw themselves ecstatically into my arms, and generally flailed about in excitement. They both wrote their names in Daddy's card and gleefully wished him a happy birthday when we arrived home.
Later in the bathtub, I asked Amiri if he knew how old Daddy was now. He said, 'Yes, he's forty four.' Of course that response made me gripe internally... Gosh, Amiri, we had this same conversation six months ago.... Your parents are not in their forties, OK? The gray hair might be fooling you, but we've still got some time before we hit that milestone. This kid... gonna be shoving us into the old-age home at 50...
But then he totally redeemed himself. He started to laugh, and said, 'No, Mama, I'm joking. Daddy's not forty four. He's twenty three! Same as you!'
Later in the bathtub, I asked Amiri if he knew how old Daddy was now. He said, 'Yes, he's forty four.' Of course that response made me gripe internally... Gosh, Amiri, we had this same conversation six months ago.... Your parents are not in their forties, OK? The gray hair might be fooling you, but we've still got some time before we hit that milestone. This kid... gonna be shoving us into the old-age home at 50...
But then he totally redeemed himself. He started to laugh, and said, 'No, Mama, I'm joking. Daddy's not forty four. He's twenty three! Same as you!'
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Aww...that's is so adorable. Happy Birthday to Adnan from all of us in Houston. Please tell him that I am most grateful to him for downloading Nirvana, Green Day and Coldplay for Zara and for teaching Humza how to polish shoes. They adore their Adnan Bhai ;-)
Coldplay? Why would he do that to her? He LIKES Zara.
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