Parenting: Reality

JT has had a busy long weekend ---- 2 sleepovers, one birthday party, and a playdate. As he told anyone who would listen: "I'm booked."

So this morning finally found my boy at home for more than a few hours. We had a nice cuddle on the sofa. Boys of a certain age no longer want to sit in their mama's laps while their mama remembers the baby they once were so I no longer take those moments for granted. As I held him and smelled his soft hair I said, "I just love you so much."

And he said, "Yeah. Are you done yet? Because I need to poop."

And this is when the parenting fantasy bumps right against the parenting reality. And I laugh out loud.