"Tweens" for You!
Today is Easter Sunday. I don't have a big family, well, I don't associate with some of my family because as families do they sometimes go their separate
ways for whatever reason, so the only family I celebrate anything with is small. Five or six people at the most. So, Easter is a small event. A small ham, a small chicken, some potato salad, some yams, some corn and some corn muffins. I cooked yesterday with the help of my sister. She wanted to do more to learn how to cook more. So, I was fine with that and fine with her helping doing the dishes.
Now, in Easters past my son would cooperate with some pictures, some eating, coloring eggs and so on but this Easter he is acting like he's a teen already. Actually, I guess he is becoming what they now call a "tween". I don't even know where the "tween" ends and the "teen" begins. When I was growing up there was no such thing as a tween anything. You were either a teen or you weren't. But, I was trying to read about this new tween thing. I guess from what I gather it starts around 8-12 years old. So, at 10 I guess he is officially a tween. Today he was not wanting to cooperate like I said with anything. The only thing that his tween mind could think of was going outside to ride his scooter. I asked him to take the usual one or ten pictures and from the expression on his face you would think that I asked him to throw his scooter in the garbage or something. He gave me three or four eye rolls and then proceed to put his dress shirt on over his tee shirt. I didn't argue when I saw the some of the tee shirt sticking out at the bottom from the dress shirt. I knew that this was as good as it was going to get. With a frown on his face looking straight ahead he stood there and let me take a couple. I didn't want to take more since I got more personality from the picture of the colored eggs then from him today. He looked like he was totally bored and wished that he didn't have to stand there. I guess this is the moody tween stage.
His friend came to the door to ask if he could come outside and of course since he was still clad in that aqua blue dress shoe with a tie and he declined the offer until he had time to change and told his friend that he had to take some "dumb" holiday pictures and would be out later. I just shook my head and stiffled the laugh that was going to come out. I was thinking that I should apologize to my mom for all the "dumb" pictures I gave her attitude for when she wanted to take one or two.
Well, another holiday is almost over and I put away the camera for the next time.
Now, in Easters past my son would cooperate with some pictures, some eating, coloring eggs and so on but this Easter he is acting like he's a teen already. Actually, I guess he is becoming what they now call a "tween". I don't even know where the "tween" ends and the "teen" begins. When I was growing up there was no such thing as a tween anything. You were either a teen or you weren't. But, I was trying to read about this new tween thing. I guess from what I gather it starts around 8-12 years old. So, at 10 I guess he is officially a tween. Today he was not wanting to cooperate like I said with anything. The only thing that his tween mind could think of was going outside to ride his scooter. I asked him to take the usual one or ten pictures and from the expression on his face you would think that I asked him to throw his scooter in the garbage or something. He gave me three or four eye rolls and then proceed to put his dress shirt on over his tee shirt. I didn't argue when I saw the some of the tee shirt sticking out at the bottom from the dress shirt. I knew that this was as good as it was going to get. With a frown on his face looking straight ahead he stood there and let me take a couple. I didn't want to take more since I got more personality from the picture of the colored eggs then from him today. He looked like he was totally bored and wished that he didn't have to stand there. I guess this is the moody tween stage.
His friend came to the door to ask if he could come outside and of course since he was still clad in that aqua blue dress shoe with a tie and he declined the offer until he had time to change and told his friend that he had to take some "dumb" holiday pictures and would be out later. I just shook my head and stiffled the laugh that was going to come out. I was thinking that I should apologize to my mom for all the "dumb" pictures I gave her attitude for when she wanted to take one or two.
Well, another holiday is almost over and I put away the camera for the next time.
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