25 December 2010

Tears at the Dinner Table

Christmas Day was one the most fun days I've had, ever. The addition of five monkeys added a remarkable amount of cheer & excitement to the day.

The kids were very enjoyable, even when they got tired and overwhelmed. The eldest announced about mid-day "This is the best day of my life. Seriously. Ever."

The older boys have realized that Kevin is a good playmate. He is, in fact, just a large child himself. They played war in the neighborhood for about two hours before Kev finally had to tap out.

At dinner the kids were all gathered at the end of the table while Kevin and I were in the middle. C2...the second oldest...kept looking & laughing at Kevin. To make it more funny, he kept doing the "I'm keeping my eyes on you" gesture and teasing Kevin.

Finally, Kevin said he was going to throw a bun at him. Of course, C2 was all "Whatever" because really? how likely was that to happen.

Without warning, Kev picked up a bun and winged it at C2, about ten feet away. In slow motion, we watched C2 turn just in time for the bun to bonk him on the forehead and bounce away. It landed on his plate so there was momentary confusion of WTF just happened.

The adults just fell out laughing. We were all laughing so hard we had tears streaming down our cheeks with intermittent bursts of laughter for minutes afterward.

Kevin gave the boy the best Christmas story ever, for sure. Lord knows we'll be telling it for years to come.

1 comment:

creative kerfuffle said...

it sounds like you had a wonderful day! kevin sounds a lot like my brother....playing w/ the kids, being silly...what a great memory he made for c2!!