BFF

I’m super excited to report: I have a new BFF.  He’s the perfect Best Friend Forever.  Here’s a list of of why we’re inseparable:

• He’s super fun: “Drive faster!”  “Louder.  I want cowboy music.  Louder!”
• He’s very handy… and I always have a long list of projects: “I can fix anything, Mama.”
• We both have the same favorite color: “I like green best.”
• We both like to eat: “I can eat spicy food, Mama.”  This weekend he finished his dad’s lox.
• He’s always there to protect me: “I will scratch him with my sharp claws.”  (Hands poised menacingly.)
• He’s highly talented… he’s taught himself to use chopsticks. (His trick?  Just don’t break the wooden chopsticks apart.)
• He’s really funny: “If you eat an orange.  You’ll turn into an orange!  If you eat pajamas, you’ll turn into pajamas!”
• He has perfect hair, and also loves to get ready with me in the morning: “I need my make-up to look pretty for school.”
• And he’s generous.  He gives me special pink flowers every weekend: “Here Mom, I bought this for you at my work in Santa Cruz.” (And by his work in Santa Cruz he means the camellia bush in the backyard.)

“You’re my best friend, Mama.”  And then he gives me the sweetest kiss.  Have you ever heard anything better?  “And Daddy and Nake, too.”  Well, at least I’m in good company.