LOOK AT ME when I'm talking to you!

How many times as a child did your parent say, as they were scolding you, "LOOK AT ME when I'm talking to you!"



I now know that this phrase is not only a parent's phrase meant to grate on the nerves of any teenage girl (yes, Mom & Dad - those memories are burned in my brain!), but a biologically-ingrained part of who we are. How do I know this? Because I have a toddler, and in his own toddler-way, he says the same thing.








A typical conversation, until I realized this biologically-ingrained trait, would go something like this:

Mommy. (Deven, wanting to tell me something)

Yes, Deven. (me, continuing to do what I was doing)

Mommy. (Deven, again)

Yes, Deven. (me, still doing what I was doing)

MOMMY. (Deven, again, a little louder)

Yes, Deven. (me, still doing what I was doing)

MOMMY. (Deven, again, a little louder still)

Yes, Deven. (me, still doing what I was doing)

MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY. (Deven, again, now really loud)

YES, Deven. (me, finally looking up at Deven)

Mommy, Dao (that's Idea the cat) kissed Deven. (Deven, so proud of himself, grinning ear to ear)

The other Mom in the photo is my old 4-H friend Dana, with her son Grady - they came to visit us from Vermont when she had a few conferences in northern Cali, and stayed over between them near Monterey. Other photos are just random ones I thought were cute.
Enjoy!