My brother-in-law, Aaron, recently joined me for a walk about town with Baxter. We soaked in the sites and were anxiously seeking refuge in one of Leslieville/South Riverdale’s restaurants for a food break.
As usual, the regular haunts were crammed. The next-best option had all the booths taken, leaving an extremely high bar table—which is fine if you don’t mind feeding Baxter down in his stroller (like tossing treats into the sunken monkey cage at the zoo). Finally, we came across Table 17, which was taking orders for the next nine minutes—that worked for us. No need to dally. We settled in, ordered and I plunked Bax on my lap for the balance of our visit.
It was grand to talk of the days when the boyz can go to a hockey game, or toboggan, or toss a ball around. This day foreshadowed countless times when we three shall be together, bonding as only men can. It added a little perspective to our simple day. We were also celebrating my final pre-registration exam, which added REALTOR to my list of skills, so spirits were high.
And Baxter was the icing on the cake. He never fussed, and never complained. In fact, he was a beacon of true joy to our only neighbouring table of ladies. They reveled as Baxter imbued a sing-song melody to the meal. Of course, this musical delight would be short-lived if not for my vibrato. Baxter will hold any note (as long as there is breath in his lungs) if you will shake, vibrate or otherwise oscillate his meaty bod. So, on my knee he would perch, singing a random tune as I added the appropriate amount of knee-judder.
As if this wasn’t wonderful enough, I’ve taken to placing my finger horizontally across his mouth and wagging it across his lips (classic move). This is non-stop aural bliss and makes anyone within listening distance smile and laugh. Good times.
(And thanks for lunch, Aaron!)
We ran a fun poll the last few weeks about love. We asked our readers what love song best described their marriage? Here were the choices:
We’re happy to report that our readers by and large seem to be happy in their marriages with only 10% stating that they can’t get no satisfaction and 3% saying it was all a Rush, Rush (I’m taking the rush, rush thing to be a negative—not a positive).
A truly, madly and deeply in love 33% is pretty high when you consider that roughly 50% of marriages end in divorce these days, and then a whopping 40% say that love will keep them together.
Let’s hope that the Captain and Tennille are right. I think it’s fair to say that SavvyMoms have a lot of love, are happily married and listen to some pretty cheesy music!
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day with your beloved and the rest of your friends and family.
Rock on, young lovers.
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