He sits answering the serious questions
then actually asks if he can type the answers himself
quickly asking for help on how to spell words
I sit with my back to him, facing the other people - trying to make it seem less like he has an audience (not that we are kidding anyone - there are 5 adults in the room)
He gives an answer that ends in "balls"
He starts to giggle
The 12 year old boy in him just can't help it
He repeats it a few times, changing some of the other words but always adding "balls", pausing to look around to see our reactions
I keep my back to him
But my shoulders shaking from my laughter give me away
Apparently I too am a 12 year old boy
It's not his words, it's that giggle from the depths of his soul - the one we heard the first day we met him at age 3.5. It swooped in and stole my heart that day as it does today. I can be the stone faced mom under any other circumstance but that giggle
it gets me every time
There is something deeply adorable about twelve year old boys.
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