"WILD THING!"

Finally! One of the things that we wanted to do as soon as Steve got home was go see "Where the Wild Things Are" movie. Matthew is going to be MAX for Halloween, and he decided he wanted to wear the costume to the movie theater. I was worried, because I didn't know if people would tease him or whatever, but instead people were really nice and complemented him so much! This suit has given me headaches though! First of all, ever since the trailer for the movie came out he's been obsessed! He wanted to be MAX and I just couldn't find the suit anywhere! While in Dallas I was looking at some magazine, and saw that ETSY.COM (handmade ebay) had a thing called ETSY/ALCHEMY.COM. Basically, you put a request for whatever you want made, a picture of what you want, and a price point. Then you wait for the "artists" to bid. You can decline anything, so you are not tied to anyone, unless you accept the bid. I thought I would give it a shot. The worst that could happen would be that no one wanted or could make the suit for my little $$. To my surprise, someone did it! I paid $40 ($35 for suit and $5 for shipping) and it was tailor made to fit Matty! This was sooooo cool! And would do it again! But oh... the horror! The day we got the suit, Matthew put it on and got it all covered in ORANGE CHALK! I about cried! It took about 8 washes, half a bottle of chlorine bleach to get it back to 'NORMAL'. I didn't let him wear it until now. So, because of the drama, and since my anger had finally subsided, I decided that it was ok for him to wear the suit to the movies, and I did a little photoshoot for him before we left just to get him in the mood.

The movie was OK. Matthew LOVED IT! I thought it was totally boring, and there wasn't a real satisfying ending. Still, just the experience and the time that we spent together was worth all the headaches. I find the book to be short but sweet. With a nice little theme, almost like the Wizard of Oz's "There's no place like home" or home is where they love you, even if you're naughty. After the whole suit and chalk incident I wondered if I over-indulge my children in their wants. Especially Matthew. Many people in my family say to me "you don't love Matthew as much as Olivia" or "Olivia is your favorite" and the honest truth is THEY COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG! If anything, I feel more for Matthew than Olivia. Not that I love him more, but he is loved so much for different reasons that Olivia is. I will not get into it here, since it's private, but Matthew is special because he made me a mom. He is totally like MAX from the book. Definitely a wild kid. He's been harder to raise than Olivia for sure. But he's not bad. He's loving, and crazy. Moody but sweet. And strong and unselfish. I have had a hard time being a good mom to him because I really feel that I wasn't emotionally ready to be a mom when I had him. I wanted him so much, but I was still young and didn't know what to expect. So, here he gets a mom that is totally overwhelmed, and immature really. I didn't have much patience and feel that when we moved away from family to SA I got depressed, and so he didn't have much of a fun mom when it was just him and me. I have been wanting to bond with him, to let him know that even though he is "naughty" and WILD, I LOVE HIM MORE THAT LIFE ITSELF! He's my WILD THING and I wouldn't change him for anything in the world. Thankfully, I think he knows. He told me the other day; "The more I hate you, the more I love you" and gave me a kiss. I know that sounds weird, but that's how he is. He says the oddest things, but does it in the sweetest of ways! He really is my Max. I hope he knows that no matter what he does or where he goes he can always come home to me, and he will always have dinner ready for him, and it will be hot.