I hope you have a kid just like you someday!... didn't work on me!

Notice the halo. Tricia didn't have one. Hhmmm.

So maybe my mom never actually said to me "I hope you have a kid just like you someday" but I wish she would have because in my memory I was almost the easiest kid and teenager ever! I never went against what my parents said (honestly) and I only remember one teenage moment which involved a lot of tears and a cup of water dumped on my head by a normally level-headed matriarch. I am sure there might have been a few more but not that I can remember.

I know I didn't like doing the dishes because I made up a song entitled "I Hate to do the Dishes" to the tune of "I Love to See the Temple". Sometimes I still find myself humming it as I do the dishes. Here are the words. Feel free to sing along.

I hate to do the dishes; I'll finish them someday.

And then maybe my mom; will let me go and play.

For the dishes aren't my favorite things; Not things of joy or beauty.

As a child of Mom I've learned one thing; The dishes are my duty.

Of course with these hams for examples what do I expect!

I have a tweenager. That perfectly delightful age of 12 where my little boy who loved me so now tells me on a weekly basis that he wishes he had a different family or that I love all my other boys more than him. (not true except for a brief moment right after he says that!) I am at a loss some days as to what to do with him. Maybe I should tell him to put his feelings to music.