Aiden asked to wear a collared dress shirt this morning. Here's how the conversation went.
Aiden: "Mommy, I want to wear my that shirt." Pointing to a long sleeve dress shirt hanging from a hanger in his closet.
Me: "Well, it's Saturday and I think you'll be more comfortable in sweatshirt playing outside in the woods."
Aiden: "My daddy will wear a [s]weatshirt too?"
Me: "Probably. He'll want to play with you outside."
Aiden: "Mommy, go see what my daddy's wearing."
Me: "Why do you want to see what Daddy's wearing?"
Aiden: "I wanna be like my daddy."
Me: "Oh that's so nice. Do you want to dress like me too?" Just wondering what he's going to say.
Aiden: "Nooooo. Mommy. You're a lady. See, see you have long hair."
Aiden, you certainly take on the Rossi Men good looks, so it is only natural that you want to dress like your Daddy. As I recall even the first time that I saw your Daddy (he was 16 years old maybe) he was dressed very nicely and he was working around the outside of Bobba Steve's business trimming grass and fighting with Ben. Your Nana Beth was mortified. I had come to the office on a Saturday for a job interview and the entire Rossi Family was there doing chores, but your Daddy was dressed very nice. Let's not tell him that I remember that, OK???
ReplyDeleteThere is no fooling you Aiden. You are a boy so you need to dress like one. You know that looking like your Daddy is the way to go. He's very handsome and looks dapper in a suit as will you.
ReplyDeleteI can remember many times when you Daddy was my little boy and he'd be playing outside and get very dirty. He'd come in, take off all his clothes, get dressed in clean clothes and go right back outside to get dirty all over again. He was neat and wanted things just so. Sometimes I'd tell him to lighten up and he would, but most times he liked being nicely dressed and neat. You come by those genes honestly.
xxxooo Nana Beth