Guest post submitted by eleven_bee 
Lately I've caught my husband and my son in the act of suppressing their delight. This is something that makes no sense to me. Why not just
go with it?
This morning, for example, I had to wake Colin up so that he wouldn't be late for school. (Why oh why can't he
ever sleep in on the weekend?) I went into his room, sat on the edge of his bed, and gently shook his shoulder.
"Mrrrrmph," he mumbled, and rolled away.
Someone once told me that having a Gemini child is like having two separate kids in one body. So each morning, this mother of a Gemini told me, she'd wait to see which one of her daughters - the surly one or the happy one - would walk down the stairs for breakfast. It's kind of like being a mother to a child with split personalities.
So this morning, with just that one "mrrrrrrmph," I could tell already that it was grumpy Colin who was trying to wake up. In that one split moment, I braced myself for what would undoubtedly be a difficult half-hour of having to rush my little Grumplestilskin through his morning routine, so that we could make it to school before the second bell rang. And then right after that initial "mrrrrrrrmph," as Colin was rolling back towards me, he reached out to stretch and then he squeaked.
It was an undeniable squeak. Like an old door that needs oil, or a mouse.
It was so unexpected that it completely changed the mood.
I smiled. "Did you just...
squeak?" I asked him.
I watched his face as grumpy Colin struggled to maintain his ground. It was clearly a battle. There was a smile in there and it wanted to come out. "No!" he protested, pursing his lips to stifle the smile.
"Are you
sure you didn't squeak?" I asked again, this time giving him a little tickle under his arms.
And then happy Colin broke through. Grumpy Colin lost the fight. Colin giggled and said something like, "I
know! Did you
hear that? I
squeaked!" and with that, the morning got a lot easier. He jumped out of bed, got dressed, and hopped downstairs for the quickest breakfast in the history of the Baker household.
There's a part of me that believes that our outlooks on life are the result, in part, of habit. I hope Colin learns to exercise his happy more as he gets older.
Oh, and we did make it to school on time.
Comments (7)
Awww .. it's not just little boys that do that. My husband still gets in those moods and I still fight to make the good one come out.
this reminds me of me when i was a kid 'cause i'm a gemini... except that i'm a girl, lol...
Haha, what a cute story!
It has already been said but indeed it's a cute story. :)
I tend to wake up in a grumpy mood but sugar always takes the good side out. Hahaha.
i definetly can relate myself. Like as I was growing up my moods now that i reflect were out of habit not because of how i really felt.
It kinf of hard to explain. It's like when I was around my mother I was always in a grumpy unhappy mood and i never wanted to show her my goofy fun happy side. And, i would always tell myself before that I would be happy but as soon as I would see her my mood would change.
But, i think I have done this so much and it has become a habit. A habit that has started to become annoying and hurtful to not only my mother but me. I get into a bad mood for no reason. I try to tell myself I will change but like they say old habits die hard.
Yes, if there is anyway way for you to also help him with trying to change that would probably be the best because otherwise he will grow up to be a grumpy teen around you and not only waking up but everything else will be a nightmare.
just some advice even thought i dont have any children I am in a way a child so I can tell you how your child maybe thinking and feeling.
I just dont understand why i feel this way thought. its quite odd. Im trying to change thought. But, so far kind of unsuccessful and now that Im 18 and on my own in college my mother n I really dont have a relationship.
That's too cute!
lol i didnt know that gemini's were like that