There are certainly periods where they do not think we are cool AT ALL, but on the flip side, they figure out that we ain't half bad. :)

This made me laugh out loud! Your boys are adorable. And you need to know that they are such good boys too. Saying he hopes he never feels that way? That's the mark of a good kid.

I think I will continue to be decidedly uncool as my kids grow because I was already almost 2 generations away from them when we started. But I think that being who we are, while still trying desperately not to embarrass our children, is a good call. Love that Nino knows what he wants to feel for himself and isn't buying into the peer pressure.

i can't believe he actually articulated that other kids say that and he hopes he never does! how sad yet sweet all at once!!

Funny,I was just feeling the same way the other day. AS I see Bella and Gabs turning very much into little girls who need me less and less each day ( well not for the same things anyways). I was thinking, maybe I need a new baby. I think the same thing must have been crossing the big guys mind too because he out of the blue asked, "You don't another baby , do you?" WTF? Was I hearing things. I thought we had ruled on this already...at least I thought he was pretty clear that he was done. Apparently, nothing was "Set in stone" Mine are 3 and 5, its kinda nice that I'm not schlepping baby gear any more. I guess we just both miss our babies. I gotta stay strong...no sure Babyville is really where I need to be going:)Happy uncool, shark nursing mothering!

It is such a blessing that you're enjoying the stages your boys are at now. Embrace it! I like to pretend that my kids enjoy my lame jokes and attempts to be cool. They're just unwilling to admit it!

Aw...it is sweet that Nino still loves cuddling with you! I can totally relate...I have a 6 year old boy too, and he is still cuddly, just barely...I can feel how he was more cuddly a year ago, and now his body is longer, leaner. There are times when I miss that little wobbly toddler body of his but how I love this stage too, when we can have interesting conversations and I feel so proud of all the things he's learning and doing. Maybe 6 is perfect. But according to my mom, our children are adorable at every age. I wonder if we'll feel that way when they're 14 and pimply and long?

Bittersweet moments indeed - a word I never used pre-Motherhood but is now in everyday use. Sadness that an era is over but also happiness and eager anticipation of what comes next. Lovely post.

It's hard watching them grow up and become more mainstream. Sometimes I feel as though the kids are raising ME! But I don't think they're real eager to grow up anytime soon either, since they both still have their blankies and sleeping buddies. ; )

"I swear I smelled inklings of an angsty tween" <------- yeah, you did. That is just what it is like now my ten year old has gone "full time". I've learned to love thunder storms cos then he comes to our bed and I can sneak a cuddle without somebody wriggling out of my arms in case somebody sees. That is the good bit about (early ?) tweens, when eyes are off they sit less on their cool dignity. It is sort of fantastic to see that faint hint of the young man to come, and really sad cos ... I think I might be on the road to being redundant..except as cheif bottle washer and slapping the laundry fairy into timely production. So I'm eating choclolate. In vast quantaties.

Go on-you know you want a baby, a baby girl.

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