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40 feet ...by Jocelyn & Natalie
There is about 40 feet between the curb and the front door to our babysitter's house. This was our morning today...typical day...
Nat: ?[L]ook!? as she points to the sky
Me: ?Wow, a plane.?
Jos: ?Mommy, [the] sun [is] in my eye. [The] sun [is] up??
Me: ?Yes, today is going to be a sunny day.?
Nat: ?Woof. Woof.? She sees a neighbor walking her dog and waves. The nice lady waves back.
A car passes by.
Jos: ?Mommy, look I [am a] car. Vroom Vroom?
Me: ?A fast car. Let?s go up the steps and ring the door bell.?
Nat waves my hand away. She?s too independent and a big girl now, she doesn?t need my help to go up the steps. I still follow closely behind her.
Jos: ?Look Mommy, I [am a] plane.? Now up the steps and flying in circles.
Me: ?Wow! Can you be a train too??
Jos: ?Chew chew!?
Nat: ?eeewww?
Jos: ?Look Mommy, [ a] worm.?
Me: ?Oh my.? We all squat to look at the worm on the sidewalk. ?Ok, let?s go. Ring the door bell please.?
Finally at the door, we say good morning, good bye & have a nice day!
I have to be an AW?I love how kids are so curious. One thought leads to the next without skipping a beat. I want to nurture Jos & Nat?s imaginations. They love to sing and dance and I don?t want them to ever stop?or at least let their peers & others make them think that they shouldn?t.
Thanks for reading and letting me share.
Happy Hump Day!
Re: 40 feet ...by Jocelyn & Natalie
Thank you! That made me smile.
My morning was more like:
J: Where [is] Percy?
M: I don't know
J: Dada, where [is] Percy? (Alex is still sleeping)
M: We have to go now. Grandpa is waiting for us.
J: NO! No Grandpa! Dada!Dada! I want dada!
M: We are running late, please lets go.
J: No Grandpa!
Me: Let's go (Pick him and and head out the door while is crying the whole time and for the first 5 ;minutes during the ride. I just sat in silence)
Marina - I feel your pain. I filtered out the crying bit before the 40 feet of convo to the door.
Let's put our shoes on. -No- Come on, Ellie (Nat's elephant) is going to put on her shoes. -No- We can't put shoes on inside my gosh-darn-house (drama) so we're in the hallway of our condo building crying and putting on shoes.
Jos, please go get the elevator. -Mommy, Natalie she [is] crying.- I know sweetie we need to tell her it's time to go.
I rush. I drop the new yellow pages in the kitchen. The door slams louder than it needs too. I think ssshhhh! Sshhh!tt that was loud! Oh well, it's an 8 am wake up call to anyone who is still sleeping in my building. Ai! ~sigh~
So cute.
My husband drops our kids off to daycare / school, so we don't have those kind of conversations except for when I have to get them ready. Below is are usual conversation -
J - Edward, come here, I have to put your pants on
E - No!
J - Please, I am asking nicely
E - Ok
J - Christian, please stay still. I need to put on your jacket, its cold outside
C- Wahhhh, Wahhhh,
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However, after work, when I go pick up my kids is when I get my AW moments with my kids
J - Edward, how was school today?
E - It was cool.
J - What would you like for dinner?
E - Mac and Cheese please. Mom, look! That car is driving 'presto'! Your driving 'adagio'.
etc etc.
LOL I love these types of stories and am glad that I'm not the only one that experiences these types of conversations.
Here's a funny one from a couple of nights ago. Michaela was telling me something about her stepmom (we'll call her "H") and Rhian overheard.
Rhian: Macaywa I like your "H"
Michaela: me too
Rhian: Is "H" your big sister?
Michaela: no (accompanies by an eyeroll and sigh)
Rhian: Is "H" your aunt?
Michaela: No, "H" is my stepmom
Rhian: (ear drum splitting scream) No no no Micaywa stepmoms are evil (almost crying)
Michaela: No, just Cinderella's stepmom is evil
Rhian: No, Snow White's stepmom evil too
I was in the background trying not to laugh hysterically. Eventually I had to tell Rhian that most stepmoms aren't evil and that "H" is actually really nice to Michaela.
Jenn - I almost spit out the water I am drinking! That's too funny! There's a dialogue about stepmoms in the movie Enchanted...we just watched that again for the gazillionth time last night.
Jos: "how do you know he love-A you?"