It goes without saying that Charlie and I are very, very different—-and yet, with each day that passes, I feel as if I discover ways in which we are the same. Such as:
- We have black hair, brown eyes, and the “Wong nose.”*
- We thrive on music and listen to it all we can. (Charlie on his iPod; I have inherited the Shuffle originally given to Charlie by Jim and me.)
- We respond to moments of anxiety by becoming OCD.
- We like the taste of ginger (pickled, in stir-fry and gingerbread—-and of course there is the story of the Gingerbread Boy).
- We prefer a fair amount of structure in our lives.
- Goodnight Moon is a favorite book for both of us.
- We are drawn to the colors blue and green.
- We like sitting in the passenger and back seats of the car while Jim drives us around on routes of his own devising (especially around New Jersey).
- We like school and are not happy if we miss any days.
- We like Vietnamese food, especially anything with rice vermicelli.
*Wong is my mother’s maiden name.
If you write up your own list of 10 ways that you and your child are the same, let me know!
Photos courtesy of Sakurako Kitsa and foodmuse via Flickr.
[...] had told Charlie that we would make one of his favorite dinners—Vietnamese summer rolls; Charlie calls them spring rolls, as we erroneously referred to them as such a long time ago. [...]
I posted mine, thanks.
I’m feeling such pressure. Lee’s given me an !
10 ways MJ and I are alike.
1. We’re both computer geeks.
2. We both have hair best suited electric clippers on very short settings.
3. We both love figuring out how things work and fixing things that don’t.
4. We both hate to lose.
5. We both struggle with the best way to handle moments of anxiousness.
6. We both hate loud noises and bad smells.
7. We both get board doing repetitive things.
8. We both like to take trips.
9. We’re both likely to cut the tags out of our shirts.
10. And like Lee and SJ, we are both BoSox fans.
Charlie would love a whirlpool tub!