Saturday, May 02, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
compliments
Tonight when Ivy was sitting on the potty, she said "I like the white stripes on your shirt!" She said it with such enthusiasm, too. She also pet my arm as I sang to her at nap time today. I asked her who she wanted to sit next to at her birthday dinner, she said " you, I love you so much." (she was stroking my face and nose as she said it) On Tuesday we were crossing the street and when we got to the other side, I told her she could let go of my hand. She said "I want to hold your hand, mom, because i love you so very much!" um, could I get that in writing? She is sweet and wonderful and I am in absolute love with her. We are looking at a summer together as we are taking her out of school at the end of May. I think we are going to be just fine together. We have such great friends and activities at our fingertips I can't imagine we will be bored. I also plan on convincing another certain friend to to a babysitting swap.
I am listening to an episode of "Voices in the family" titled Pressures Facing Girls. Part one of a two part series, I bet you can guess that the next episode is about. It is amazing to listed to people talk about adolescent girls and think that one day Ivy will be dealing with self esteem issues, peer pressure, finding her identity etc. One of the positive things I have gleaned from the program that makes me feel like we are doing a good job is that eating family dinners and spending quality family time is more important than gaining scholastic knowledge or excelling in a sport, or other extracurricular activity. Hot diggity dog, more family time! I also really like the relationships that Ivy is building with her friends' parents. I hope that one day when I am no longer the love of her life, she will have other moms that are maybe not so uncool that she can approach with the questions that she has that she can't ask me.
Long story long... I am feeling much better about Ivy growing up than I ever have before. I no longer want to keep her a toddler, I now can't wait to see who she becomes each and every day. Happy Birthday Ivy! (because let's face it, between the major house cleaning, the first trip to the dentist and the two birthday dinners, I won't have time to wish her a happy birthday on THE day)
I am listening to an episode of "Voices in the family" titled Pressures Facing Girls. Part one of a two part series, I bet you can guess that the next episode is about. It is amazing to listed to people talk about adolescent girls and think that one day Ivy will be dealing with self esteem issues, peer pressure, finding her identity etc. One of the positive things I have gleaned from the program that makes me feel like we are doing a good job is that eating family dinners and spending quality family time is more important than gaining scholastic knowledge or excelling in a sport, or other extracurricular activity. Hot diggity dog, more family time! I also really like the relationships that Ivy is building with her friends' parents. I hope that one day when I am no longer the love of her life, she will have other moms that are maybe not so uncool that she can approach with the questions that she has that she can't ask me.
Long story long... I am feeling much better about Ivy growing up than I ever have before. I no longer want to keep her a toddler, I now can't wait to see who she becomes each and every day. Happy Birthday Ivy! (because let's face it, between the major house cleaning, the first trip to the dentist and the two birthday dinners, I won't have time to wish her a happy birthday on THE day)
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