My older son has always been a big-time Mama's boy. That is, until the current school year, when he became a third grader and I became a source of embarrassment. It's literally as if overnight, he's gone from this child who insisted I chaperone his class field trips, to this meanie who makes me sneak a kiss from him on the cheek when I drop him off at school. He doesn't think I'm cool anymore. So, just as a little reminder, I've come up with a list of 25 reasons why I actually am a cool mom.
1.I build forts with him out of the clean linens and furniture.
2.I take him fishing and even let him jump off the bridge and into the river.
3.I've even snuck him into a couple of PG-13 movies.
4.I've dismissed him from school before on a 90-degree day, to hit the beach.
5....And even let him have "snow days" to go sledding.
6.I spike his hair up so he looks "fresh" for school.
7.Speaking of which, I know all of the lyrics to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song
8....And I can belt out the words to his favorite hip hop tracks in the car.
9.Sometimes I let him have cookies for breakfast.
10.Or Doritos.
11.And I make him taco's (his favorite) for dinner on nights that aren't even Tuesday.
12.I let him stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve.
13. ...And carried him to bed when he passed out at 10:30.
14.On occasion, I give him the answers to his homework.
15....And laugh at his jokes (even when they aren't funny... or are kind of gross.)
16.I deleted half of the apps on my phone to make room for his games.
17.Then actually taught him a thing or two about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
18.I pretend that I don't know that he knows there's no Tooth Fairy.
19....And still put a dollar under his pillow.
20.I can build a serious structure out of Lego's.
21.Not to mention the small investment I have made in buying them.
22.There isn't a super hero that I can't identify.
23.Or a Little League game that I've ever missed.
24.And I make him laugh at least a hundred times a day.
And the 25th reason why I am such an unbelievably, cool mom? Well, because of the ridiculously cool kid I made, of course.