He's so full of fun, it's incredible!
I was digging through the archives of my "journal" and found this cute Howie story, This happened when he was four.
We took the kids out to Applebees for FHE Monday night dinner - you know - we got 10 appetizers for their 1/2 price happy hour special - paid all of like 15 bucks! yah! Anyway - Howie had the trots all day - but had done an OUTSTANDING job of getting to the bathroom on time! So Ross took him there twice during our wait for the appetizers...we were eating & all sitting there nicely - when Kali told me she had to go real bad....the following is a script of what happened in the bathroom.... (two stalls in the room, one is already occupied)
Kali: Come in with me!
Me: It's too small, but I'll stand right outside here and wait for you.
{enter Howie}
Howie: I gotta go BAD, mom.
Me: Well, just wait a minute Kali's going to be done soon, right Kal?
Kali: {grunting} yah, I should be done soon.
Howie: Whose in here? {getting on all fours to peer under the other stall}
Me: No, no! Honey, that's not polite.
Howie: {impatiently yelling - while holding his cheeks together with both hands} WELL HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM ALREADY??? I GOTTA POOP BAAAAAAD!!
Unknown Lady: {inward giggle - flush - exit} There you go.
Howie: {rushing in} Thank you - (at this point he barely gets his pants down in time to fire off some partially filled blanks - two more ladies walk in - one of them is probably 18-22 and doing the pee pee dance - real mature, right?)
Me: Kali, are you almost done?
Kali: (still grunting) Almost, I just have to wiggle this one off.
Howie: Mom, I need you to come wipe my butt please.
(enter me to stall to wipe)
Howie: You're the BEST mom in the whole world - oh wait, I'm not done yet, you can go out again (more partially filled blanks shoot into the toilet)
(young woman dancing with more enthusiasm)
Me: Kali, how's it going in there?
Kali: I just keep wiping and the toilet paper is not getting clean, will you help me?
(enter, tp thankfully was clean - we flush & exit)
Howie: Mom, did you leave without wiping me?
Me: no, I'm right here, we're washing our hands now.
Howie: Don't waste your time washing them, you're just gonna get poop all over them again from me.
Me: Are you ready now then?
Howie: yep yep yep yep yep yep yep (Howie is wiped) WOW, mom, look how muddy the water is, that's COOL! (flush)
unknown lady #3 - in jest: I hope we didn't order what you guys ate.
Howie: make sure you wash my poop off your hands, mom.
Me: Okay, you wash your hands, too.
Howie: I don't need to, that's why I called you in.
exit the bathroom Howie is making a "popcorn ball that would smell so good"
nice.
So that story above is one of MANY I have in my little Howie bank of stories (Click here to read one of my favorite Howie stories)
Anyway - so 8 reasons I love Howie (keeping with tradition)
1 - Just look at that smile! It melts my heart.
2 - Right before Brynn was born we were talking about how he will be a big brother and he said it was his job to "Pre-tect her" and if he had to, he would use Dad's Japanese swords (something he's never been allowed to play with - but hey, what a good excuse to start, right?) Sometimes he gets frustrated with her, but I remind him of his promise and he immediately softens up!
3 - He's tender hearted beneath all that "cool" he told me "I will always be your baby, even though I'm a big brother"
4 - Some kids can do this and they'd be dorky, he does this - and starts a trend. Being like this takes so many different levels of confidence!
5 - He does it cause "The Chicks Dig it"
6 - Even when he's as sick as sick can be headed for the hospital - he's still being funny about "Think the nurses still remember me?" Of course they do, they look forward to your visits, dear.
7 - He's the only one of my children, when unloading the dishwasher, will organize the utensil drawer the way it's supposed to be - everyone else just tosses the utensils in there. Yes, Howie, I totally notice!
and
8 - He's kept his room clean for a whole month so he could get his semi-automatic nerf machine gun that shoots 3 rounds per second. (He hasn't opened it yet, so wait till I post the pictures!!!) He even knew that his birthday was going to be that day and since it was coming from Grandma & Grandpa Covino, that he'd get it even if his room was messy...so, lets call this one "Obedience."
So here's a picture with Howie and his look-alike Dog Tags.
5 comments:
Awwww...Happy Birthday Howard Dean! I'll never forget when he bribed me to keep my mouth shut that he was playing instead of cleaning his room....he said he had lots of money in his bank account. ROFL
That's such a great story! happy birthday Howie! (I still remember all the funny reactions you'd get when you were pregnant with him, and people would ask what you were going to name him...lol!)
Happy Birthday Howie, You are awesome:)
AW, Howie is the greatest! happy birthday, kid!
Happy Birthday Howie! I can't believe he is 8!! And Matthew got that same gone! Very cool. It kept the whole family busy for a whole day one Sunday when we were all home sick. It's fun!
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