Rawlins Family

Rawlins Family

Thursday, November 09, 2006

"Don't smoke when you get big, kid!" This is the advice we got when we arrived at the park this afternoon. Not exactly what we were expecting. We showed up at the park which was crawling with kids because it was SO NICE today. Anyway, as we're walking onto the playground Cameron notices a guy walking on the path who is hooked up to oxygen and is pulling the tank behind him. I tried to just divert Cameron's attention, because he really lacks tact at the moment. Of course, there's nothing as interesting as stuff with wheels, so Cameron was drawn like a moth to a flame. I think he thought it was some great new toy that he should have, too. So he's standing there, mouth agape, pointing. I knew the guy saw him so I tried to hustle him onto the playground before he said...oh, no, too late..."MOMMY, LOOK!!!!!" The guy was cool and gave him a big smile and said, "Don't smoke when you get big, kid!" Nicely handled by the guy with the tubes. I just laughed and smiled at him and then realized it was the saddest thing in the world. So I'm passing along that advice to all of you. Just in case you forgot. Don't smoke.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Owen was wearing his fabulous army cargo pants the other day and a women asked about one of his zipper pockets, "Is that where you keep your cigarettes?" That, my friend, is a lack of tact.

Anonymous said...

There's a story of my sister in the grocery store with my older cousin, who was babysitting us. The man in front of us picked up a pack of ciggies to buy...my sister gasped and shouted "Cigarettes are bad!" I was too busy eating the candy I found on the floor to notice!