What Mom Does

Nanna (Jay's Great-Nannna, or Granna for short), my Dad and Sawyer came to visit.

It was fabulous.

I always love a chance to visit with my Dad and brother. Plus this was Granna's first chance to see Jay which was so heart-warming. I am so glad that Jay has the opportunity to have her be apart of her life. Thanks for the visit you guys!

So anyways, from this visit, my brother and I had the funniest conversation...

We were 'testing' Sawyer.

What's Dad's name?
What's Mom's name?
Where do you live?
What city do you live in?
What's your phone number?
What's your name?

All of which, by the way, he can answer. Pretty good for a boy not yet 4 years old.

Then I asked him...

"Sawyer, what does mommy and daddy do?"

(They are both RCMP members, so I was expecting police, cop, something to that effect)

To which he replied, "Take care of me and play with me"

"Okay" I said (though not what I was looking for...so since my Dad has been at home the last few years with him, I thought maybe my question confused him).

So I re-worded my question, "Sawyer what does Mommy do?"

"Pay my toys and pay my clothes"

Pahahahahahahahahahaha, we all cracked at that.

Kids really do say the darnedest things.

"I'm still her Uncle right??"

We were all sitting around talking about my brother and closest sibling in age who traveled from Quesnel, B.C. to be with us over Easter holidays. This was the first time he was going to meet his niece Jay, and I for one was ecstatic.

However, as we are sitting there talking about this my youngest brother says..."I'm still Jay's Uncle right??"

Now, to the average person, this might seem like an odd statement at best. However, in my case, this was just down right adorable. You see, my youngest brother is not quite 4 years old.

I am fortunate to have a constantly growing family. My parents divorced when I was 10 years old, and since then have remarried and are continuing to build onto our family. Of course, starting out at the age of 16 makes having a 3 1/2 year old brother not at all strange.

Right now, Sawyer***, (the youngest brother...so far...) is at the age where family matters, well, at least titles do. He has been trying to understand the relationships around him, which can be confusing when one person can be a mom, and auntie, sister, daughter...). In the confusion he has been known to get teary-eyed when he thinks that he might not be "mommy's son anymore", for example, after an explanation about how my husband is "mommy's son-in-law".

So this visit with my older brother had Sawyer momentarily concerned. He loves being Jay's uncle. He happily introduces himself as such to family and friends with pride. So he took a moment of clarity to insure that in all this, he has not lost his place...

He couldn't possibly be more cute in that moment, or more hug-able.

All I can say is, how lucky I am, to have such a beautiful little brother, but more than that...how lucky my lil' Jay is. She will have an uncle, but more than that I am sure, she will have a life-long friend in Sawyer.


***Name has been changed for the purpose of this blog