Wow, that’s about 10 minutes of my life I won’t get back. I was thinking of the things that Jack and I talked about while we rode our bikes today. We covered a lot of ground from bugs to bad guys and everything in between. Then I remembered the “School’s out for the summer” song that I taught Jack this year on his last day of first grade. We sang some of that as we pedaled through the woods. So of course I had to Google Alice Cooper and read the entire wiki on his first big hit! Interesting, kind of…
Anyway…
It was Jack’s longest ride ever (perhaps mine too!) 5.5 miles. I have a sore “A” and a cut up shin from trying to avoid hitting him and then wiping out gloriously on the trail in front of a few other parents and kids. I tried to play it off so cool.
Jack: Why do mosquitoes just love us! (swat swat)
me: They drink blood. We have blood.
Jack: Can’t they eat a cracker? Oh, look, if I run around in a circle, they can’t land on me (puff puff)
me: We have to start riding again, okay? Those walkers passed us like 3 times…
Jack: Let me finish my snack… here little mosquito, want a cracker??
me: Alright, ready?
Jack: Yeah…so how far do you think we went?
me: (Glancing back and noticing that the start of the trail was still visible) Not very far…
Jack: Then let’s GO! (he zooms off)
me: So is this as fun as you thought it would be?
Jack: Oh yeah, this is awesome! On your left! (he’s a pro at passing people)
People: Hey it’s you guys again!
me: Yeah, we keep stopping for breaks and you keep walking by us again heh heh…
Jack: Mom needs lots of breaks! (much laughter from people and Jack is proud of his joke)
me: Oh very funny mister!
Jack: I dreamed that bad guys were coming to our house. How are we safe from bad guys!!??
me: We have an alarm, so that helps.
Jack: Maybe I should stay up at night and watch.
me: That’s what Daddy and I do. We’re light sleepers. Plus we have attack kitties.
Jack: Oh Ed will run away for sure.
me: What about Bella?
Jack: She’ll slice em to pieces.
me: Totally!
Jack: (he sighs…) I love summer vacation. What’s that song again?
me: School’s out for the summer!
Jack: Yeah! (He starts singing it loudly as he is being passed by a toddler on a bike with training wheels)
me: Can we maybe speed it up please?
Jack: Oh, I was giving your legs a break.
me: Sigh…
Sh*t My 18-Year-Old Says 
That Jack. He’s a giver, the way he’s always slowing down and stopping for you. Good mom.
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Great boy you have there. Oh and question?? Are your kitties named after Edward and Bella from Twilight?? If not sorry they’re always in my head…hehe :0)
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Thanks, he is SO great!! 🙂 You know, everyone asks me that about the cats, but alas no…they’re too old! Ed is 10 and Bella is 8. I know the movies are not that old, but have the books been out awhile? I never read them. 😦 Ed is named after his Dad, Edgar, and Bella is named after an Italian ice stand that we visited at an NYC street fair. Ooohhh trivia! I don’t think anyone else knows this but you!
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The first book came out in 2005. So they missed it. Hey maybe…just maybe the books stole the cats name, but for certian reasons change the name Edgar to Edward. :0)
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Whew, I’m in the clear! I always wondered if people believed me, ha ha. His name was officially Little Ed, so yeah, no Edgar – I’m with you on that!
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haha, I really enjoyed the ending comment. Little firecracker.
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