When I was a kid I used to sing “I won’t grow up” from the Peter Pan Musical all the time. Everyone would say I would have to grow up eventually… And they are still saying it.
It’s not that I am immature (eh, well… sometimes). I am extremely responsible and independent which I think has nothing to do with not wanting to grow up.
I just don’t want to be at the point where life is so freaking serious that I can’t play. I want to laugh. I want to have fun. I want to see the world through the same excitement and wonder that kids do.
There has to be a balance though, right?
I also want to get shit done at the same time. Work hard and play harder!
Being a Mom grants me the ability to feel accomplished by being the best Mom I can be while instilling morals, integrity and responsibility in my children… while we have a blast!
When my family came to visit from Japan they brought one of the greatest gifts of all: Toys from my childhood. Well, they were my little cousin’s toys but every summer when we went to Japan we would all play with them. Godzilla, Ultraman and every monster imaginable had been collected over the years and now a portion of them are ours.
Dishes get dirty, kids don’t clean their rooms, they throw fits, they meltdown, they have defiant moments and they will do things that sometimes break your heart. But, they are kids and those hard moments are fleeting. They live in a world where anything is truly possible, everything is an adventure and they are constantly absorbing everything around them. We should all be so lucky.
Being able to gain that perspective and reliving my childhood again is worth more than anything I could ever purchase.
And my life wouldn’t be the same without these little moments where my son does something innocently then exclaims, “Whoa! Ultraman has an ULTRA PENIS!”
About Leila DontSpeakWhinese
Leila, aka The Ninja, is the advocate for all things not whining. Parenting is fun when everyone stops b*tching! She is a single Mom with two amazing kids. They ninja kick through life together. Oh and she is a total jackass.
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ultra penis indeed
What’s with little boys and their penises anyway?! Not that I can help snickering everytime my son says something similar.
It is a true obsession and one that they don’t grow out of! It is difficult to not snicker every time my son says something as well. Some things just can’t be helped!
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Oooook! You had me at “I grew up around a lot of dudes and have always been a bit of a tomboy….
And that woman has a dirty mind and loves cracking jokes about all things sexual. I chuckle like a teenage boy at words like “hard” and “stiff” and if you leave an open window for me to turn something you said in to something dirty be prepared.”
BUT thiiiiis blog has me convinced that you and I MUST timeshare a brain! I have loved reading your blogs and NOW I know why! Lol! You think like I do! Is that conceited!? BAHAHAHA! Who cares! I DIG IT!
Imagine if we were able to merge and use our timeshared brain at the same time! It would be like combining all of the power that be to create captain planet… except less lame… and seriously, we can do without “heart”
Thank you for the kudos on my blog! It makes my day to hear anyone likes reading my insanity!
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For me, the fun was in making them laugh. When my nephew was growing up, I would visit every weekend and bump into walls; soft-kick the table and pretend that the toes were in pain; or anything my one-person audience might crack up at.
Maturity is overrated. Learn to feed your family, learn to be considerate with other people’s feelings, learn to modify your perspective when circumstances warrant it. But don’t close down the child in you, don’t deprive yourself of the pleasure of playing, even if it means you look silly sometimes.
I live a couple miles from where I grew up, and every year we take the kids to the same beach I went to every summer. Its amazing seeing it all again through their eyes.
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