Making a wish
April 27, 2008
Last week when I went to open the kitchen window for the first time this year I discovered two wishbones that I had saved from recent(ish) turkey dinners. I had put them up there to dry and apparently get very dusty. The kids were excited to finally make their wishes.
They squeezed their eyes tight. My 3 yr old son wished for a “big bike” and my daughter wished for a puppy.
Then she realized that she was left with the short side of the wishbone.
Luckily her brother loves her, more than he loves his wish. Or possibly he has no idea of what exactly a wish is. In any event he handed her his half of the wishbone.
“Here, you can have my wish.” he said.
And just as my heart was exploding in a million pieces, my daughter looked up at him and yelled, “BUT I DON’T WANT A STUPID BIKE!”
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Fabulous photos of wish making in progress. As usual those wishes never quite turn out how we hope…
April 27th, 2008 at 11:51 pmOh goodness I used to love wish bones growing up.
I love her reaction. You should tell them if they tell their wish it won’t come true.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:06 amoh lord! Get that girl a puppy!! LOL what a face.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:07 amoh man, that is CLASSIC. save these photos for when they’re older! funny.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:10 amOh, her answer is just priceless! LOL!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:10 amOMG that sooooo puts parenting in to perspective. Honestly, I can’t think of a better example!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:16 amOh God I love those precious moments!!! Way too cute.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:17 amPerfect. I remember “wishing” for several things with my sister. I hope all of their wishes come true!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:20 amI honestly don’t often laugh out loud at anything on the internet, but that one cracked me up!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:37 amCute story! Now off to check out your quiche…
April 28th, 2008 at 12:39 amaaaw he’s such a sweetie!!!
Haha.. totally love her reply!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:41 amMiles is the sweetest little brother anyone can ask for. Hey, does your daughter want to trade? Mine is 20 years old, 6 ft tall, and opens doors for strangers.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:41 amHilarious! I enjoyed stopping by your blog,
April 28th, 2008 at 12:42 amGenny
Awwwwwww……….What a nice boy!!!!! He wanted to make his sister happy……and she wanted nothing to do with that
April 28th, 2008 at 12:43 amOh that one made me laugh out loud for real! Glad she didn’t think she was going to get that puppy when he handed her his side of the wishbone!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:52 amLove the pictures!
Classic.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:03 amtremendous. seriously one of the best blog entries ever.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:06 amI could just eat those precious little chubby fingers. Not only is he sweet, but he’s smart. He already knows to let a cranky lady have her way!
April 28th, 2008 at 1:20 amJust hilarious.
Perfect example of the type of thing that keeps mothering interesting.
Mary, mom to many
April 28th, 2008 at 1:39 amI love her dress! And the fact that you manage to capture the look on her face during those frustrating moments…
Oh and the logic in the middle of a tantrum? Classic!
April 28th, 2008 at 1:50 amGoes to prove how communication cn fail even when the intentions are the best. Bless them both!
April 28th, 2008 at 1:54 amBwa ha ha ha ha
April 28th, 2008 at 2:20 amthat make me tear up, of course until your daughter brought me back to reality. Your photos are amazing. Where did you get your daughter’s dress? I’d love to have one like that for my niece.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:46 amExcellent! One of my daughter’s might have said the same thing if she ended up with the short end…
April 28th, 2008 at 5:09 amExcellent pictures! I love her dress!! (Where did you get it?)
April 28th, 2008 at 5:54 amHow very sweet of your son! My daughter and your daughter sound very much alike in temperament!
I must say… i found your blog searching for good recipes made from scratch… and then i kept coming because every post of yours seems to be a short story in itself… amazing way to describe real life. thanks!
April 28th, 2008 at 6:26 amWhat a sweet brother! Your daughter is beautiful!
April 28th, 2008 at 6:46 amOh that is so funny. Great pictures catching her go from smug to heartbroken to mad all in three photos.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:51 amThat is hysterical!!
April 28th, 2008 at 6:58 amGreat pictures!!
xo
LBC
You rigged it, didn’t you? Because yeah, a dog is what you need right now. Oh wait. Maybe that’s me…
April 28th, 2008 at 7:24 amAh, a touching childhood moment retrospective, made completely hilarious! Too funny.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:27 amSo, when is the puppy arriving?
April 28th, 2008 at 7:48 amHow do you EVER keep a straight face?!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:50 amBe careful what you wish for, it will be given to you.
Great pictures!
Karen
April 28th, 2008 at 7:52 amAnd that pictorial is why I gave up saving wishbones. That melt down, that kindness, that scream @ kindness. I got too old for all of it and our turkeys mysteriously started coming without wishbones!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:56 amIf you ever revamp your blog, I suggest the wishbone photo as the header.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:07 ammy kids did this yesterday after dinner. Had much the same reaction when one got the shorter
April 28th, 2008 at 8:16 amI think she is going to redefine “teenage years” for you. You may have survived 5 other teens by that point, but she’s going to make you work for it.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:24 amYour son is such a sweetheart, bless him. I also love the way you capture your daughter right in the middle of one of her moments!! I can just feel her emotions right through the screen. Priceless
April 28th, 2008 at 8:35 amWhat a classic set of pics. How fun would it be framed in sequence, black background, with Karen’s quote above underneath.
Too cute.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:37 amThat’s a great one. I wish I’d had a digital camera when my kids were young.
Her reply: how female .LOL
April 28th, 2008 at 9:03 amToo funny! I think your daughter and mine would get along well.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:12 amGorgeous dress! You do have immaculate taste - thank goodness you had a girl to dress as I find boys *hopeless*! I have enjoyed buying clothes for my girl, though she is a bit little to appreciate it yet!
Anyway, shallowness aside - this is a classic set of pictures, what a gorgeous young man Miles is growing up to be!
ps how’s the No-Buy rule going? Does it extend to puppies?
April 28th, 2008 at 9:45 amChris, thanks for reminding me, I have a wishbone on my windowsill too. Maybe I’ll wish that someone will magically clean the dust off all my windowsills. Or better yet clean all the windows too! But I’ll probably give it to my kids to wish and cry over too
April 28th, 2008 at 10:40 amGreat pictures. Love the short-side face.
Ah, the Big Sister/ Little Brother relationship. That was totally me and my brother growing up. Him - phlegmatic, accomodating, sweet. Me - spirited (a.k.a cranky) and opinionated.
I wouldn’t have wanted a stupid bike either!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:02 amPriceless… you capture such amazing moments…. I too wish I’d had a digital camera when my two were so young…..
April 28th, 2008 at 11:39 amWinning is very important to big sisters. I know because I am one.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:41 amHow sweet is that!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pmOh, that’s adorable. I love their conversations.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:44 pmAlways read the fine print, wishes are non-transferable.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pmBwahahahaha! This is fantastic. Now I want one.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pmLOL!!! where did you get her dress???? Love it!
April 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pmIt’s a good time to learn that you just can’t make a woman happy!
April 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pmI don’t really blame her. I wouldn’t want the bike either.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pmHaving one of each, I have learned that boys really are the sweeter, kinder, more caring of the species during the growing years.
You should buy her a bike!
April 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pmOMG that’s classic! My kids used to do the same, and my daughter, because she’s bigger, always won. I am pretty sure she cheated and the little boy didn’t get it. Come to think of it, pretty much everything she asks for she gets, so I guess there is magic in dem bones.
April 28th, 2008 at 3:15 pmGod, we must have the same children! My daughter Margeaux did almost the same exact thing, except she whinned about her brother Khalil getting a bigger wish than her…oh the drama!
April 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pmDo you have the puppy picked out? Because I would be defenseless in the face of that.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pmhappy to know i’m not the only one who dries out the turkey wishbones!
April 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pmI, too, am completely in love with your daughter’s dress! As for the wishes, it sounds like a recording from my own home. I love how you captured each emotion in pics.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:25 pmI made my husband come and read and sent it to both my daughters.
You’re adorable and so are all your kids..I laughed out loud and my heart beat also:)
I agree her her a puppy..what’s one more being to look after? You do it so well:)
Lucky puppy it would be:)
April 28th, 2008 at 7:14 pmI made your baby shower cake this am:)
That is sweet and hilarious at the same time!! I love it.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:53 pmHilarious! She’s a girl all right.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:30 pmbut she has a fabulous dress…
Great pictures.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:35 pmAwesome! And I love that you have it all documented; I’m sure she’ll love you for that when she’s older!
April 28th, 2008 at 10:28 pmgreat photo essay. awesome captures. well done, chris!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:00 pmAww, that made me teary. So sweet and so REAL. And you are SUCH a great photographer!
April 29th, 2008 at 12:53 amawesome post and pics.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:55 amThis is sooo CUTE I can hardly stand it!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 7:10 pmmmmm… does your daughter live part time at my house? because her CLONE is yelling to me from the other room as I type - Something about her twin brother not doing her bidding quickly enough….. lol
April 29th, 2008 at 9:01 pmawwww. and poop! kids have multiple personalities.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:46 pmOMG, that was priceless.
And you have pictures.
WOW!
May 1st, 2008 at 9:41 amClassic!!!
Neither of my kids got to actually make a wish with the last wishbone . . . they each got the short end . . . and the middle fell to the ground. I’ve never seen that happen before!
May 1st, 2008 at 2:50 pmThere are no words for that level of preciousness and hilarity.
May 1st, 2008 at 11:24 pmHilarious. Makes me miss teaching kindergarten.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pmJust found your site courtesy of Gretchen Rubin (Happiness Project) and I love it. Great photos and sequence on this post - what a punchline!
May 9th, 2008 at 2:48 amThat is a classic sibling moment- the pictures capture it so well! Love this!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 pm