The other day we had to pick up my husband from the airport
and while we were waiting in the car my kids were watching Jake and the Pirates
on their DVD player. I looked out my
back window to see if my husband was on his way out when I noticed Ayden looking
as though he was getting ready to cry.
“Buddy?? You ok??” He looked up
at me with huge tears getting ready to spill out of his emotional green
eyes. “No….I’m not ok…Hook took Buckeye the ship,
Mom.” He said as his tears overflowed
and ran down his cheeks. Mind you this was a DVD…he has seen it 50x if not
more. I was confused as to why he was
having a hard time. He knows how it
ends. I was torn between crying and
laughing. His sensitivity was so
refreshing and he was so adorable I wanted to laugh at his sweet little
face that looks so cute when he cries. I
noticed him get a little embarrassed as I sat there and stared at him. “Sweetie…it’s ok to cry…you don’t have to be
embarrassed. Mommy cried last night
because of a movie.” I said trying to give him freedom. “You did?” he asked as he ran his nose from
his wrist up to his elbow leaving a trail any slug would be proud of. Ignoring my impulse to grab my sanitizer, I
decided to put this little moment in my treasure box as one I will be proud
of. “I did. Everybody cries baby! It’s ok to cry! That’s
kind of how our bodies work, when we feel sad we cry and it helps us feel
better. You don’t ever have to be
embarrassed about crying. Do you
remember this episode? Do you remember that Jake gets buckeye back?” “Yea…Peter Pan comes and helps them get their
ship back…but it’s still sad.” He
said. “I know baby, sometimes I still
cry at movies I have seen too.” I said remembering the movie Transformers. I cry everytime I see bumblebee get taken :) “Are you ok?” I asked wondering where his
thoughts were. “Yea…I’m just trying to
stop crying cause I’m still a little sad.” He said very enthusiastically with
his hands going up and down trying to get his point across. I decided he probably needed his mom to just
be quite now and let him work through it on his own. After the episode was over I saw his sweet
little smile cross his face. He looked
up at me and said “They got him back mom…he is back with Jake now.” He was ADORABLE!! My sweet, sensitive little man! He is going to make some girl very happy one
day! So glad he is being raised by a Dad who isn’t afraid to show
emotion!! My boys learn so much great
stuff from their dad and I am super proud that I get to see the fruit of it!!!
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