As you may or may not know, Nicholas doesn't have a lot of variety in his diet. Pizza, fries, bacon, chips, pretzels, macaroni and the occasional piece of fruit are all he's been interested in the past 5 years or so (we do hide veggies in his pizza and his macaroni though). Chicken nuggets are a recent addition to his food repertoire....quite the breakthrough indeed!
Over the past few weeks - he's decided that he needs to eat 'heath food'. That's his phrase - not mine.
All of a sudden he's actually asking for blueberries and yogurt, and things like that. This morning he wanted raspberries on his cereal (not that he ate more than two bites....but hey! It's a step in the right direction).
So I asked him, "what's with the sudden interest in health food dude?"
"I need to be healthy so I grow big and strong like you!"
"Hmmmm.....really now? You sure you don't have a girlfriend or something?"
"Well of course I have a girlfriend. Her name is Jayden. And even though she goes to a new school - I still love her. One day - I'm going to go to her new school so that we can play like we used to".
My son loves everyone it would seem...but Jayden is a really nice girl - and has always treated my son the way she treats everyone. Nicely and with a very highly developed sense of respect - and she only in grade 2. I was kind of sad when I learned she had to move to a new school. She's an awesome kid!
"Well....that's just great Nicholas! I'm really happy for you!"
At this point - I'm breaking out the cereal that he selected (Corn Flakes), and washing the berries....while he's doing stretches.
"What's with the stretching Nickels?"
"Well you know dad.....not only do I need to eat healthy...but I need to exercise as well. I can't be all out of shape and nasty looking you know. That just won't do!"
I'm thinking to myself that I am in for a world of hurt at some point. He already likes to grab a shirt and tie from my closest and strut around like he's the cat's meow. He obviously pays more attention to what I say and do than I ever thought possible. I need to be careful. I appear to be a role model now. Which is cool with me...as long as he stays away from my beloved concert tshirts (I bought him a Rush one....he only wore it a few times before he outgrew it).
"Well....ok Nickels. I'm down with that. Just make sure you don't over do it".
"Yeah yeah Dad. Thanks for the cereal! Can I watch tv now?"
"Sure - go ahead". Now I know he didn't get that one from me.... I don't really like tv all that much - and if I had my way - we wouldn't have one".
So - I know what's going on. My son is trying to impress a girl. I guess that's fine and all...what male hasn't done that? Now I just need to make sure that he understands that he needs to impress himself first....and that if a girl likes it - cool....but not to live his life thinking that he needs to seek female approval all the time. There's way more to life than that.
I wonder what he's gonna want for lunch?
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