Wednesday
Jun102009
A Time It Was, And What A Time It Was
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 12:18PM | Mr Lady
Meet T-Dog.
T-dog is 3of3's best friend. He's Brazilian and has the world's most perfectly beautiful accent. He's all boy. He's a goofball. I love him almost as much as 3of3 does. Almost.
We play outside together every day from 4 until 5:30. He's taught 3of3 to say the letter L and she's teaching him to ride a scooter. They go spider killing together, they go on spooky walks together and they occasionally sit on park benches like bookends.
My next door neighbor, my best friend in Vancouver and the mother of my sons' best friend, is moving away in August. We are all heartbroken. I almost looked into moving, too, because I honestly can't imagine what I, and we, will do without her, and them. But you know what? Each door that closes opens a different window, and I think it's 3of3's turn to make an old friend.
And I think we've found him.
T-dog is 3of3's best friend. He's Brazilian and has the world's most perfectly beautiful accent. He's all boy. He's a goofball. I love him almost as much as 3of3 does. Almost.
We play outside together every day from 4 until 5:30. He's taught 3of3 to say the letter L and she's teaching him to ride a scooter. They go spider killing together, they go on spooky walks together and they occasionally sit on park benches like bookends.
My next door neighbor, my best friend in Vancouver and the mother of my sons' best friend, is moving away in August. We are all heartbroken. I almost looked into moving, too, because I honestly can't imagine what I, and we, will do without her, and them. But you know what? Each door that closes opens a different window, and I think it's 3of3's turn to make an old friend.
And I think we've found him.
Reader Comments (73)
I love these photos.
i love her hair!! so posh.
adorable kids. i love the black and white with the red.
How cool is that? 3of3 and I have the same haircut. Though admittedly hers looks way better than mine. Sigh, story of my life.
They look so adorable together. Loosing friends is such a constant and a hard thing to get used too.
What a sweet, sweet post! You are a Mr. Lady of many colors.
I love these pictures. I swear to God you could sell them!! I'm not sure which one I like best but I think it's the second one where she is looking at him and her lips are so red!
What great shots you got! They are adorable! Kids with accents are the cutest! I'm sorry about your friend moving--that's always hard.
Adorable!!
Pic 1. 3of3: Kiss me you fool. T-Dog: Huh?
Pic 2. 3of3:
Pic 3. T-Dog: Enough. I just kissed you. 3of3: Let me ask you a question. Shutup.
Pic 4. T-Dog: Dang it, she got me again. 3of3: Yeah baby!
They're the cutest little couple ever! Look at his big blue eyes! And her hair pretty much rules my life. I love this :)
What sweet pictures.
Oh that is so very cute!!
All that I can say is that now I want a lolly pop.
What's with the tape? I want to see what happened next...!
The best things in life are not things.......
Ok. See, I come here to laugh and to imagine the day that I can swing the pen of wit and semantics and awesome.. like you.
And here you go with the gorgeous photographs and the sentiment and the AWESOME and now I'm all sappy and awwwwww'g all over my lappy.
That last picture. Frameable.
The sentiment: my heart just got all shuddery
perfection
Gulp. I hate broken hearts. I hope hers doesn't hurt too much when he leaves. Old friends are good to have around.
In our side of the word it's the opposite. I'm Brazilian and my son's best friend (a girly gir) is moving away. We're totally devastated.
I had a friend like that as a kid. I wish my parents had encouraged me to stay in touch with her, because I remember our time fondly, even as young as we both were. Plus, we totally played doctor.
Photo #2.... omg, photo #2. She's gonna be a heart breaker.
@Miss Grace, God, I do too. Thanks, love.
@yo, I used to have hair like that, too. I also used to have a car without rotten fruit in it. Ah, the good old days.
@Kori, I won't even try it anymore. Grungy hippie for me.
@One Mom's Opinion, Don't they? To bad she's already betrothed to an adorable Chinese boy. My kid, she's multi-cultural.
@Jill, what's black and white and red all over? Me, after a day at the beach.
Yes, I know I am not funny. :)
@robina, the prelude to a kiss one? My fav.
@Christy, The. Cutest. Ever.
@Darcie, and sticky.
@Audubon Ron, she'd actually just put her hand on his knee and said, "TDog, I like you. All the moms? DEAD.
@Shannon, that is the single greatest haircut in the history of the world. On me? Would've run $100. On her? $15.
Youth really is wasted on the young.
@Amazing Greis, awww, thank you!
@Jeanette, and you, too!
@Becky, it makes me miss red food, for sure.
@Robyn, NOTHING. NOTHING HAPPENED.
Yet.
She is my kid, after all. :)
@Stephanie, WORD UP, dude.
@rachel-asouthernfairytale, everything I have to say to this, for some inexplicable reason, is downright filthy.
I really need to see you, I guess.
@Momo Fali, oh, he's not leaving. The boys' bestie is. TDog isn't going anywhere.
@damaris, OUCH. He can borrow my girl in her place, okay?
@Avitable, my kids still email back and forth with their Denver buddies.
Also, you are gross.
And that's why I love you.
@OHmommy, yeah, we're going to keep her and Jay really far apart.
@Mr Lady, that's what little kids do!
Ohhhhh! My bad. (Hits self on the forehead.)
This picture makes me kind of sad. I had a childhood best friend that was a girl and I swear to god, I hold her on this pedestal that every girl I date will never live up to that. First loves die hard....even when you're young.
love the photos love the writing
@George G Smith Jr, as if I couldn't love you more.
@un, aww, thank you!
Those are adorable pictures...
What is it with super cool girls always being friends with boys? I am in so much trouble when peanut gets older! lol:)
They look adorable together. My best friend when I was little was a boy. Of course, my mom documented us mooning the camera. You are a way nicer mom.
My oldest is in love with a set of sisters.
I try and warn him, but I think he's already loving that they fight over him. (Dude, he's only 5 and they are 6 and 4...)