I’m in the middle of a FaceTime call with the boys.
“And the first game Grandma won, but the next one I did.” All of a sudden, there’s a poop emoji sticker on the screen. Nathan giggles. Then one with heart eyes appears. Star eyes. Crying. Winking with its tongue out. All poop emoji stickers. More giggling. “Okay, okay, Nathan. I would still like to be able to see your faces. His face pops on screen, eyes glimmering. One by one, the emoji stickers disappear. And then Adam’s face disappears into a massive poop emoji. More giggles. Adam’s poop head opens its mouth, sticks out its tongue, and blinks. “Alright boys, you’re getting goofy,” my mom says. Lucas, not one to be left out, says, “See. See!” The phone is passed around the table to my mom, who holds Lucas on her lap. Her head bursts into a poop emoji, and the boys keep laughing. Lucas glances over at her, clearly confused. When he turns his face back to the camera, it's his turn. Gone is his sweet 22-month-old face, replaced by a blinking, moving, poop emoji face. I lose it. It illogically tickles my funny bone, and I’m laughing just as hard as our two older boys. Hilarity ensues as the next five minutes are filled with changing emojis - mice, elephants, monkeys, cows. Lucas squeals, “Mousie! Mousie!” and “Ooo-ooo-ah-ah!” as faces change and new animal emojis emerge. I give into it, because it’s not a battle I can win. It is one I can fill with laughter though. And so this is what FaceTime has boiled down to for us today: poop emojis and laughter.
3 Comments
Kim
3/5/2023 09:15:48 am
Thanks for sharing- I love to see others are having great moments in this life filled with laughter and joy !
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Sharon G.
3/5/2023 10:50:40 am
Your slice made me laugh. What is it with boys and poop? No matter how old they get, it's always funny.
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