Baby Blues and Skateboards
“Mom pleaaaaase”
“No kiddo”
“But Mommy-”
“Kellan Abigail,” Alex pointed the whisk she was using to make pancakes at her kid “I said no so drop it.”
The five year old in dinosaur pajamas gave her mother her best glare before stomping out of the room. Kellan decided to head into the family room where her current favorite parent was sitting on a recliner watching Sports Center.
Kell scrambled up onto Tobin’s lap and heaved a deep sigh before sinking into her mother’s shoulder.
“What’s up munchkin?” the midfielder wrapper her arms around her daughter and nuzzled her nose into a wild bedhead.
“Mommy won’t let me skate before breakfast” Kellen grumbled.
“Well yeah kiddo,” Tobin motioned for her daughter to sit up so she could braid her hair, a skill A-Rod was adamant she learn before Kellan was born. “It’s also pouring down rain outside. You’re going to get sick”
The kindergartener stayed quiet while her mother quickly plaited her bangs into a small French braid and pulled the rest into a ponytail.
It was Saturday morning and on Saturday mornings Kellan got to go outside and skateboard for a few minutes before her breakfast. Rain or shine but apparently today was too rainy for Kell to go out by herself and her Mom wasn’t willing to stand outside and watch in the rain.
So that left Kellan with one option: her Mama.
“Mama,” Kell turned back around and gave Tobin her best sweet smile “Mama can we go skate in the rain?”
Tobin felt her heart drop and her resolve immediately begin to crumble. Those damn Morgan baby blues just wrecked Tobin. How could she say no to the sweet little girl who wore stegosaurus jammies and couldn’t pronounce her L’s.
But on the other hand, seeing the older version of the blue eyes sitting in front of her ignite with rage wasn’t something Tobin was willing to put up with.
But also, her child.
Please God, help me out later.
“Kellan, go get your rain coat and your boots on and meet me by the back door in five minutes okay? Be super super quiet, like you are when sister is sleeping”
Seeing her little girl light up with excitement and scamper off to go get her gear on was absolutely worth the verbal beating she knew she was due in from Alex later. But Alex had to understand, it was skate day.