Last night as we were getting ready for bed I noticed my little shadow (Lulee) following me around as I am doing all our nightly routines, putting kitties to bed, locking doors, etc...
I stop and look at her standing in the middle of the living room before I was going to turn the last light off. She looked at the back door and said "that one locked" and looked at the front door and said "that one locked" then I turned the cable box off along with the t.v. and she said "t.v. off.......much better".
She is a little mini-me. That was one of the cutest things she has done yet.
Then I told her to tell Daddy that she had a date with the sandman (she was going night night) and she translated it to him as "Daddy, I'm a man".
That cracked us up. We both laughed like crazy.
Then on the teen side of the house. Sadie Bug is brushing her teeth getting ready for bed, making sure all of her stuff is extremely organized and ready for the next day (she did not get her exceptional organizational skills from me, unfortunately). We were talking about her day at school and the excitement of her upcoming band concert and dance recital and she looked at me very innocently and asked "Mama, is ticked-off a bad word?" You just don't know how proud that made me to know at age 12 almost 13 that my child is still a CHILD.
It is so refreshing to know that in this fast paced world that one of my child's most pressing questions was is ticked-off a bad word.
Thank you GOD!!! I pray that we maintain this slower pace in our lives and that our children can grow up slowly and not be forced into adulthood in their teen years.
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I am a little on the jealous side about Sadie Bug...Oldest Girl was just talking to me today about the boy she thinks is really nice and cute. I am not sure how I feel about all of this other than I AM SICK! She wasn't going to tell me they were boyfriend/girlfriend (ARE YOU KIDDING ME) because she thought she would be in trouble. I was a little stressed to hear that because apparently I have made her feel like she can't talk to me about anything. I'm scared girl. She asked me tonight if tomorrow we could sit down (mommy/daddy/oldest girl) and talk about the B*O*Y. Pray for me please!!!
Would love to get to talk to you soon!!!
that's so sweet...you've raised a sweet girl. Now if you can just tame the tazmanian in the little one, you'll have two of them. ;oD Seriously, Sadie is beautiful inside and out and I'm amazed she's gone from the little 6 year old we first met to who she is now. Growing up is bittersweet for us to watch but knowing she's still tender hearted, loves school and doesn't know any real bad words yet, I think she'll do just fine in the real world!
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