
I had to laugh when one of my friends with a little girl told me the other day that her daughter had never had an opinion or statement about her clothes. That’s literally what half of our conversations are about, most of them 150% dramatic, and I don’t know why I am surprised since she is in fact my kid. Every night before bed it’s “this is my favorite color in the world so I need to wear that”, or “mom, I NEED to show my best friends this shirt”. And then by morning she has always changed her mind, “I just can’t wear this, it is soooo not beautiful”. I just can’t wait until she is in high school. 😉
She is a master negotiator, so freaking smart it blows my mind. Anytime I tell her no to something, she is going to find a way to ask me differently within a couple of minutes, most often by bringing Avalon into it. “Well Avalon reaaaaaally wants to have a new shopkins toy”, or if I tell her I don’t want to go by a specific place she wants to go, “I’m pretty sure they have coffee there”.
She calls herself me. “Mom, is me big?” “Mom, is me being a good girl today?” “Mommy, me loves you.” Can she do this forever & ever?!!!
Lately she has become very interested in boobies, this probably started when I was breastfeeding Avalon but it’s definitely more than ever now. A couple weeks ago she asked me why her boobies were flat, and then last week she said, “when am I going to get big boobs like you?”. And just being honest, I totally took it as a huge compliment because we all know that they just aren’t big.
One of my favorite things about her will always be how she copies the way I talk to her to Avalon, truly the circle of life! 🙂 She calls Avalon her “sweetie girl”, and tries to rationalize with her (which is always funny to watch). “Avalon, you will hurt yourself and we will have to go to the hospital”. She rocks her, sings the same songs I sing to her, and asks her to “be patient” at least once a day.
If she has to use the bathroom, she will ask for “privacy”, she will let me know that she needs to “rest her feet for a while”, and maybe my favorite, she always tells me that she “hasn’t seen that show in YEARS” (and occasionally switches out years for ages).
She always refers to “our whole family”. She loves when all four of us are together, the other night when we were eating dinner we asked what the highlight of her day was and she responded, “right now, eating with my whole family”.
Lastly, I shared this on IG, but the other day she dropped something and said “damn it”. I explained to her that we don’t talk that way and she said, “oh ok, only mommies are aloud to say something like that”. There’s nothing quite like your four-year old saying that to put you right in your place and maybe even a little encouraged to give yourself a mama time-out and some soap.
Happy halfway through the week!
XO