i know it seems crazy, but i have good reasons.
being the neurotic mother that i am, which is something i've never denied, i felt it was necessary to get noah his own cell phone.
(pausing while most of you roll your eyes and the rest of you verbally mock me. go ahead, get it all out of your system)
ok then, when noah started 1st grade we let him walk home with some of his friends. it's just under 1/2 a mile and in a safe neighborhood. for me to follow him home from a distance would not have gone over well with these very independent children. but the crazy thoughts that ran through my head while he was walking home were bordering obnoxious - even for me. too often they would be 5-10 minutes late getting home, for various reasons: stopping to tie shoes and becoming distracted with a line of ants, arguing about who's in charge of the group and being unable to walk and argue at the same time - or simply sitting down half-way home to take a break. whatever the reason - i decided i couldn't handle wondering what was going on when they were running behind.
so, i convinced aaron the best solution was to get noah a glorified walkie-talkie... aka: a cell phone. to my credit - i did look into the kind that just has four programmable buttons, but it was cheaper to just add a line to our cell phone plan. to say the least, noah loved the idea of having his own phone. shockingly - it went straight to his head. i pulled up one day after school to find Emma (his carpool buddy) holding his backpack for him. i asked him what was going on and his response was "i have a cell phone now and i need to have my hands free to answer it".
yeah - that didn't go over well. thankfully, noah now understands two important things - 1. he does not have girls carry his back pack. 2. the phone does not come out of the back pack unless there's an emergency. sad noah. grateful emma.
as for reagan getting a cell phone when she turns 6... definitely. along with some mace, a panic button of some sorts and maybe even a taser gun for good measure. aaron has already ordered his night vision goggles for when she starts to date.
4 comments:
This post cracked me up! It makes me miss you. Hope you guys are doing well.
So funny.
Yes, I have decided that you are indeed a nerd...and I love you and I miss you and I miss the days of trauma with the kids getting home because Noah can't walk and call home on the "mobile" phone at the same time all the while Jane stands screaming at him. Ahhh, those were the days.
I can't believe you caved! We are trying to decide how long we'll hold out. It seems younger and younger now days. I love that he convinced a girl to hold his backpack for him, he's already got game.
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