Not a day has gone by since this little man was born that he hasn't made me laugh. I was looking through my journal entries from a few months ago and came across an entry that made me cringe and laugh at the same time. Oh, how I love that little man. I have never met anyone with his level of honesty or dry sense of humor.
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May 2015We were at our pediatrician's office this morning for Luke's annual check-up. Our pediatrician has been one of our strongest and most vocal critics about the adoption. I went into today's appointment planning to not bring it up, and to just get in and out as quickly as possible. I figured he already thought I was a half-brained idiot, and I didn't want to add any fuel to the fire. But what I hadn't taken into consideration was that my little loose canon was my side kick that day.
Dr: Luke, how long do you spend playing video games each day?
Luke: My mom tells me I can't play more than an hour a day.
Dr: It's a good idea to not exceed 30 minutes per day of screen time.
Luke: Yeah, well my mom says an hour, and she's my mom.
Dr: Okay... what other things do you like to do? Ride your bike?
Luke: Yeah
Dr: Do you wear your helmet?
Luke: Nope.
Dr: Do you wear sun screen?
Luke: Never
Dr: Do you ride in a booster seat?
Luke: Psssh... yeah right.
Dr: You know, research says you should ride them until you weigh 80-90 pounds.
Luke: 80-90 pounds!!! (rolls his eyes) Whatever, that's like a giant.
Dr: Do you read 30 minutes per day?
Luke: I hate reading (which he doesn't... little turkey!)
Dr: Are you on any medications at all?
Luke: You mean aside from the sleeping pills that my mom gives me?
At this point I had to cut in and clarify that I had only given him a small dose of melatonin twice when he was having trouble sleeping, and the last time was at least six months ago. The doc didn't seem impressed or convinced.
Then Luke laid into him on the ridiculousness of having to receive his immunizations via injection. He couldn't get over the fact that no one had been smart enough up to this point to invent a way to swallow your immunizations.
By this point, the doctor seemed to have given up, and just put his head down and started charting his assessment.
Oh well... I guess I wasn't going to be changing his mind about us either way, so what's the harm in a little honesty from an 8 year old?
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After I read this, the baptism announcement that he and I made up together seemed especially fitting. I love that kid to pieces.
1 comment:
We have our own Luke and he also has a quirky sense of humor that keeps us guessing or in stitches, depending on the day :-) Funny post- I've been in that position of wanting to explain something one of our children said, and often it's not worth the effort! God knows our heart- others I don't worry about so much~
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