Back Fat....

I created this blog as a sort of diary....a running tale for my boys to look back on and well, for your entertainment;)..ok I know it's not THAT entertaining! Humor me please.... I have many childhood memories and some more vivid then others that I want to share with them...
When Peter (my brother) and I were little, we were EXTREMELY skinny (me not so much anymore!!) ....

My Dad would say he could tell us apart just by feel...feeling our backs!!! I thought he had special powers.. He would close his eyes, we would switch around a few times and he would GRAB our backs!! Well the skin on our backs!! Now like I said, Peter and I were really skinny kids...but I ALWAYS had back "fat"..well at least that's what I called it.  He could ALWAYS get a huge "chunk" of my back skin in his hands and almost NONE of Peter's(but I never REALLY knew that's how he knew until I was waaay older and Dad finally gave away his "secret")... SO try as we may, switching and squirming and giggling, Dad could ALWAYS tell who was who... I thought it was magic! But it was because of my back "fat"!!

 He never guessed wrong :)... Funny how vivid this memory is... I can still feel him grabbing a HUNK of skin on my back and as much as it hurt we would have him do it again and again!! 
SoOOoo this morning, laying in bed, Cole came in and crawled under the blankets with me... I lay there rubbing his back....and then.... the memory of my Dad and the back "fat" poured into my mind... I thought "Hmmmm I wonder if I could tell my kids apart by a bit of a back "fat" squeeze??...And so Cole got a grab...DAMN that kid is skinny! I could barely "pinch" a bit of back skin.... a few moments later Drew crawled into bed with us..."Ahhh", I thought, "my next victim!"..and then came the squeeze...and guess what??? Drew has a bit more back "fat"!! And I could totally tell them apart (even though both are very skinny..just like Peter and I were!)....All those years I thought my Dad was magical..had special powers...:) And now I'm the parent and I can do the same cool trick!!! ...Wait a minute... My Dad was special and magical and stuff and maybe just maybe he passed down his magical special powers to ME!!! And well at least for now the boys think it's pretty magical!! And well, honestly, so do I :) So the tradition continues ..... back "fat" squeezing!  The boys ask HOW I know... and for now, I'll let them believe I have super powers ( ummm I DO! ) ... sorta like the "little birdie" I have following them around at school...but that's a WHOLE other post for a different day ;)!

So thanks Dad for the wonderful memory :) I love that I can continue the tradition(if you can call it that!!(back "fat" squeezing!)) with the boys!... 
Happy Saturday everyone!!