“Mummy Mummy, mummy, mum, mama, mama, mama, mummy, mummy, mummy, mumm, mama” my son called out to me as I made dinner, he would always want your undivided attention, didn’t matter to him if you were busy with something else “Whaaaaaat!!!” – I screamed “you are SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS” – my son said, he was 9years old..he was laughing. “What is that, what did you just say?” – I looked at him, I was at a loss, didn’t know what the heck that meant.
He laughed at me, enjoying the fact that he was about to school me on something I didn’t know. My son was a show off just like his father, he was very intelligent and would always ask me questions, sometimes I’d pretend not to know it so he could teach me. I noticed it helped with his confidence, i didn’t want him to be like me, shy and closeted. A shy and closeted boy is a prey for bullies.
“So what does that word mean professor” – I asked
He was laughing, I looked at him, pausing my cooking, happy that I had him, reveling in his handsome face, his pretty eyes, his small nose, his hands. The sound of his laughter brought me back to the present.
“do i get extra meat if I tell you?”
He said, raising his eyebrow 😏😏. I raised mine back like 🤨🤨…
“Mummy please, at least if your friend ask you in public, you won’t disgrace daddy and me and say you don’t know”
I laughed, isn’t he the little devil…
“OK I’ll add an extra meat for you”
“promise?” he asked because he knows I never break my promises.
I shook my head yes.
“so what does it mean”
He was laughing…
“remember you already promise me the meat o, It means nothing mummy, it’s a word from Mary Poppins movie. I checked my dictionary and its called a nonsense word said by children” he burst out laughing.
“oh my goodness, did this small boy just scam me for one extra piece of meat?”
I laughed as he walked away, happy that I even had a son…
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