My little sister showed me this fun emoji app that I've been using fairly indiscriminately of late. You basically create your own little avatar person that somewhat resembles you, and then you can use her in any number of situations to express yourself. Those of you who are hipsters will know what I'm talking about and think I'm the biggest dork, and those of you who are still caught somewhere in the last century or even millennium will humor me and even share in my joy. The thing is that apparently it's unseemly for a person like myself to use this app or any emojis at all. I was apprised of this by my youngest son, Oliver, who is beginning to look like a young man and who is evidently the arbiter of all things cool and uncool. He takes particular offense to my constant stream of emojis.
What he doesn't yet realize is the more he protests, the greater my glee in using them.
I am, to them, hopelessly old and utterly uncool and must be constantly schooled and reminded of that.
Seriously, though -- what's up with texting your mother when you're both in the same house, and the house is literally the size of Bilbo Baggins' abode? I think you deserve to be mortified in return.
* This post was approved by all parties involved. I don't want ya'll think I'm INVADING MY CHILDREN'S PRIVACY.
Where do I get the app? Love it!
ReplyDeleteI think it's called bitmoji
DeleteWhat is that app?!!! Please tell!!! And I do know about mothering a teenaged boy. Amusement and subversive emoji use is definitely the way to go! Lolol
ReplyDeleteI think it's called bitmojii!
DeleteLOL -- the thing is, you are QUITE a hip mom. I can't imagine my own parents engaging in such banter back in the day (even without emojis, which, as far as I know, hadn't been invented yet).
ReplyDeleteNo matter what, parents are never, ever cool.
DeleteI didn't even TALK to my mother if I could get away with it.
ReplyDeleteI read some of this to Lily today and she laughed. We had just been talking about how it seems impossible when you're holding your beautiful, pure little infant that he or she will ever even talk back to you- why would they? We love them so much! This will never happen. And then...
It's stunning, really.
DeleteI parent the same way. It's a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteYes. It does make the tedium of it go away!
DeleteThis pretty much sums up the way I deal with both Jonah and Dashiell. I keep telling them I'm the 'cool' mom but I suspect I'm more likely the crazy mom.
ReplyDeleteCool and crazy sounds perfect to me.
DeleteGiggles in the hospital. Thank you😍😍😍😍😍 You're waaaaay cool Elizabeth😎
ReplyDeleteOh, dear lord, Mary Lou. I wish I could keep you laughing constantly. Keep on keeping on!
DeleteThis is precisely what teenagers are good for -- to embarrass the hell out of them. Good job, E. Carry on.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the support!
DeleteThe avatar riding the happy birthday rainbow unicorn is what will push them over the edge. I know of what I speak.
ReplyDeleteGood to know, Noan. Good to know.
DeleteI love these personalized emojis. They are quite fun. I can't believe Oliver thinks it's nerdy already... You are cool, they just won't admit it.
ReplyDeleteI think we're delusional if we think they think we're cool!
DeleteI need this app now. Oliver is growing/changing so much!
ReplyDeleteXXOO
Yes, he is. You could probably use it now and make those grandboys of yours so happy. It'll be too late if you wait long!
DeleteThat was fun. My daughter informed in passing today that the caption for the photo I was about to upload on Instagram today was too long. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
What would we do without these children guiding us?
DeleteIs there an emoji that's flipping the bird all the time? That'd probably be mine. Oops.
ReplyDeleteHats off to you for doing emojis. I'm also struggling to keep up with my cool kids - and they're adults now. But I haven't been able to enter emoji-dom, even without an avatar - I'm clearly stuck in the last century.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I noticed that the woman in the photo sitting behind Oliver has apparently had chemo - bald, with a hat and a face mask. It puts everything into stark perspective doesn't it?
love this. this is what that sunrise today brought: fun and laughter.
ReplyDeletebut now you have to tell us the name of that emojis app.
Downloading the app right now. Seriously, I think the day you wrote this was the same day I wrote nearly an entire post about parenting and emojis. We are definitely on the same wavelength. Thank you, thank you. My children are about to get some shock and awe. They also text me from their bedrooms all the time. Things like, "what time is dinner?" or "what's for dinner?" or "could you throw my laundry in the dryer?" and other mundane things.
ReplyDeleteomg lol
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