{"id":7354,"date":"2018-04-23T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=7354"},"modified":"2018-04-23T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T19:01:19","slug":"t-rex-and-my-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/t-rex-and-my-neighbor\/","title":{"rendered":"My Neighbor and the T-Rex"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m crouched behind my neighbor\u2019s fence wearing an inflatable T-rex costume. If I don\u2019t get low enough, my kids will see my giant dino head long before I\u2019m able to launch myself out to the sidewalk and that just won\u2019t do. As the minutes tick away, I curse myself for cheating on those squats at the gym. My thighs are burning and I\u2019m hardly even bending over. Where the heck is the bus?<\/p>\n

Another three minutes pass and I\u2019m still in the bushes. The man from the house across the street, who I\u2019ve never talked to in my life, comes outside dressed in a bathrobe to look at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I saw a dinosaur out here,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

Why is a grown man wearing a bathrobe outside at 4 p.m. on a Wednesday?<\/em> I want to ask him.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust surprising my kids with something weird,\u201d I tell him.<\/p>\n

As the explanation tumbles out of my mouth, I have to suppress an almost overwhelming desire to waddle back into my house, deflate this crazy costume, and pretend like this never happened. A scrolling list of self-doubt rolls before my eyes. Is this how grown women should act? My mother would never have done this. Are the other moms on the street watching me right now? Why is it so hot in here? Where is this FLIPPING bus?!?<\/em> The man wanders back to his house.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, there\u2019s the bus. I watch my two kids hop down the steps and start walking up the street. Just a little closer \u2026 closer\u2026 wait for it \u2026 I leap out into their path and grab them with my little T-rex arms. They scream and pretend they\u2019re annoyed, but I know better. I can see in their eyes they are equal parts confused and delighted at this strange turn of events. As I turn to head back inside, the man in the bathrobe is standing on his porch watching us.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a good mom!\u201d he yells to me before closing the door. I pump my fist triumphantly. I\u2019ve done it! I\u2019ve been ridiculous and crazy and I hope my kids remember this moment forever. I know I will.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Stacey Morgan has been a\u00a0MOPS Member for 14 years, and is currently the Area Coach for South Texas. She is married to a NASA astronaut and together they have four children.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m crouched behind my neighbor\u2019s fence wearing an inflatable T-rex costume. If I don\u2019t get low enough, my kids will see my giant dino head long before I\u2019m able to launch myself out to the sidewalk and that just won\u2019t do. As the minutes tick away, I curse myself for cheating on those squats at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":7371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,102],"tags":[1238,1471,1472,54,55,56,81,1473,1474],"class_list":["post-7354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-relationships","tag-costume","tag-dino","tag-good-mom","tag-mama","tag-mom","tag-motherhood","tag-neighbor","tag-school-bus","tag-t-rex"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}