Sometimes it just takes a string of interesting chain reactions to cause me to pause and wonder just how off we are around here…in a good way this time…I think.
We love big and loud and maybe overwhelming sometimes.  Pretty awesome.  I saw this clearly the other morning.  BB was up early, so he got to tell Grandma good morning.  She innocently told him to give his brother and sister a big kiss from Grandma and Grandpa.  He said he would.  (Cue the foreshadowing music)
He is often the first kid awake.  He doesn’t want me to do anything awesome or brilliant without him I guess.  Sometimes he will wake up his brother and sister for me.  This morning threw them for a loop.  It seems he stood outside his sister’s door telling her he had something for her and no he couldn’t just slide it under the door.  You can imagine her shock when she opened the door to find a great big smooch on the cheek coming at her.  This is not a typical morning greeting between them.  Ha ha!  Next he is up in the kitchen chasing his brother around the table with a big pucker dead set on delivering these big kisses from G & G.  They were sort of freaked out.  I was laughing and not of much assistance.
We wandered through the rest of our routine and got to our morning thing we do.  Each day before we leave we say (usually while all in the same room):
Thank you for our blessings
Let it be a great day
Let us remember who we are
Where we are from
How we are meant to shine
And let’s help someone else shine too.
Amen.
We love this.
So positive and encouraging, right?
Yeah…only…just wait.
I drop CNN off at her bus stop.  As she gets out, BB gazes lovingly at his sister with a telling twinkle in his eyes.
“Have a horrible day!” he proclaims cheerfully.  Did you ever??  I mean really!
Now she is all smiles, so I assume she didn’t hear him.  She turns on her own million watt smile and says, “you too!!!” And gives him the peace sign.
Oh my hell!
What happened to all the living love and whatnot??
Right.