My three year old son is weird but the good kind of weird. The weird you don't mind your kid being because you hope that it pays off when he is an adult and discovering warp drive for all of humanity. From the moment he could, he beat to his own drum. The thing is my husband says doesn’t everyone beat to their own drum which is coming from that weird kid who grew up to do wonders as an adult.
My son is that kid who sometimes scares me with the stuff he comes up with. He is obsessed with the sun, moon and stars. It is the one thing he talks about more than his favorite movie which is Cars. He asks me about a hundred times on the two minute drive to big sister's school where the sun is if he can't see it behind the clouds. He gets so excited the moment it peaks out and I hear shouts of “There it is!!!” coming from the back seat.
He amazed me the other day when he told me that he was hot and than recanted because he remembered the sun wasn't out so he wasn't hot anymore. I know all kids are weird in their own way and each do odd things that make them be the awesome kids they are but I find my son to be more so than most.
I didn't see this as much with my daughter. She is more of a go with the flow type of kid. She rather fit in and follow than strike out on her own. There is nothing wrong with being that way though I admit I am more of a do it on my own person, so having to help her be more of a social butterfly than I am comfortable with being.
The boy is a born loner much like his dad. They are so much alike that I get the same perplexed look on their faces when I ask them a question. It is like neither want to be burden with simple things but both are fully engaged if you bring up their favorite topics. It is funny to watch a nearly 40 year old and 3 year old discuss the night time stars. My wonderful hubby has realized that he needs to embrace this with our son and let him explore it.
I love that the boy as we like to call him tries so many different things as a kid. He will play for hours and hours with Legos and build all sorts of unique and odd things. He can be the most intense kid but also one of the funniest. I admit he challenges and frustrates me every single day. Every shopping adventure with him feels as if we are climbing Mount Everest because he throws every obstacle in my way.
Most of which is just being a boy which I admit was a lot to get use to being spoiled by having the most easy going girl. I know am totally in for it when she becomes a teenager. I also know the boy will find his groove in life. For all the struggles we have with him, I know he will not sit quietly and let people walk all over him. I expect great things from him but just wish for now a trip for groceries didn't involve constant tears.
Rebecca Benson is a League City stay at home mom who has lived here since 2003 when her husband took a job on the International Space Station program. She followed soon after working on the same program for nearly six years when she started staying home with the kids. Rebecca loves to craft, scrapbook, sew, and embrace motherhood. Rebecca has a blog called Mommiedom ((http://queenmommiedom.blogspot.com/) where she talks about all the things in her life not just those “confessions”.
