It's nearing 11:00 tonight. The kids are having a sleep over. After being in Mexico for a couple of months and the flurry of the start of school,
this is their first opportunity since we got back to get together and spend a whole night with their closest buds.
With three children and three guests, the house is packed to the gills and I'm absolutely amazed that all the little boogers have calmed down and the
lights are out and I'm not hearing any beds squeaking or half -smothered peels of laughter or anything.
Then, out of the blue I hear a low humming sound, and as it goes on, I hesitantly tear my attention away from the computer. It gets a little louder
and I realize that it's an absolutely splendid and on key rendition of the Mexican National Anthem. ... ...."Mexicanos al grito de gueee ra......."
The only thing left to the imagination were the cimbals striking.
After listening and chuckling for a bit, I got up to peek around the bedroom door and found my ll year old girl to be the culprit. When I asked her
why she was humming the national anthem of Mexico, she smiled and said "cause I feel like it".
I guess that's as good as any reason I can think of. Her own way of signing off!
All is quiet again and I just can't imagine how deathly dull life must be for us parents when they grow up and leave the nest. - Stephanie
[Edited on 9-1-2003 by Stephanie Jackter]Mike Humfreville - 9-1-2003 at 12:51 AM
Mary Ann and I are a number of years older than your family; Michael and Kevin are 24 and 26, and still living with us. There are few quiet nights.
But we often share common space in the "computer room" where we all have machines and servers. The muffled chucklings from one of us as we read a
humorous e-mail or post and the constant noises from computer games have taken the place of quiet talks around campfires and the lapping of small
inner bay waves. We've spent extended periods together, the four of us, living simply along remote Baja beaches for just the purpose you invoke:
discrete moments with those we love. We're together for a moment. That's all I care about. I'll take them any way I can get them. Enjoy while it
lasts. Debra - 9-1-2003 at 01:17 PM
Don't worry Steph., they multiply and return!!!!!! Debra, (aka Grand-ma)
[Edited on 9-1-2003 by Debra]
kids and grandkids!!!!!!!!!!1
Sgt Bob - 9-1-2003 at 04:33 PM
They do multiply,and they do return!!
But seeing the little repeats brings back some good memories!
We started taking our little ones to Mexico before they started school and now we're taking the Grandkids for the same visits.
We still have the same ole truck in Baja that our daughter learned to drive!
It's just great !!Bob H - 9-2-2003 at 07:57 AM
Stephanie, I don't think your story was silly at all. Great memories you will have of this.
Bob HAnonymous - 9-2-2003 at 08:26 AM
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I am sure that if people had to choose between living where the noise of children never stopped and where it was never heard, all the good-natured and
sound people would prefer incessant noise to incessant silence.
--George Bernard Shaw Everybody's Political What's What
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