Hi squirts. I received an email from your Aunt Cindy (Grampa Larry's sister) and she reminded me that she is a funsucker. Last fall, we had heard this term and just thought it was the funniest thing ever. She sucks the fun out of everything for her son Zachariah. We used the term for months and your dad & I just giggled. She said that now you squirts are on your way, I will become the latest generation of funsuckers. At first I giggled in memory of my discovery of the term but then I had to think about it.
I really do like to fancy myself as liberal and envisioned myself as being a somewhat hip mom. But, you know what, I have to confess that I will be a funsucker. Just prepare for it now. I hope that we have fun together and I hope we make all sorts of long lasting memories together. However, I will suck the fun out of your life if you are not turning out like I want you to. If you are ill-mannered or disrespectful, I will be a fun sucker. If you are lippy, I will be a fun sucker. If you are not making good choices that really do have an impact on your life, I will be a fun sucker.
Now, there are things that I still believe that I will be very liberal on (we can discuss those on another day as your dad and I had an interesting conversation about them last night). I will probably let you get away with a little more than other people would. But, then, your dad will swoop down and be the funsucker so you are just plain hosed from every direction!
Guess you better realize that your fun isn't going to come until you move out of the house :)
