You better write that down!

Every time I tell my mother in law "MeMe" something cute that Grace is doing, she says, "You better write that down!  You will forget!"

So here are some of my favorites lately, most of them completely out of the blue! And she is right, I'm coming up with a blank on a lot of them, so hopefully I'll be editing this post later when I remember more!

"Mommy, have YOU been eating my porridge?"

At dinner at Zea, after asking me to hand her a napkin and me obliging her: "Thank you Faiwy Godmuver!"

"You must be Grumpy!" (after watching Snow White, and she plans to say that to her Daddy in the morning!)

"Who's that over there making that NOISE?  PawPaw's making that noise!"

When we are all sitting down to say the blessing, and she says in a very monotone voice, "Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah." (Literally)

Her response to the question - what did you do today?  "Played with Hal-baby!" (A boy in her class, although she will say this on a Saturday, Sunday, when we've been on vacation for a week and hasn't seen him at all.  Just her stock answer.)

Me: Grace, Mommy and Daddy love you this much (arms outstretched). How much to you love us?
Grace: (in excited voice) "Two minutes!"

"When I was a little girl..."

"I'm just hanging out."

At the Mardi Gras parade: "Fwo me sumpin mister!"

My issue with the term "Blessed".

I am so blessed in my life. Truly, I am.  But I've found that the term "blessed" brings with it some negative feelings that I'm not a fan of. 

Because when one person says they are "blessed" with something, and someone else isn't, then what does that make the other person?  Unblessed?  Of course not, but that's the way it makes you feel sometimes. 

So today when something really amazing happened with Grace, I didn't feel comfortable posting publicly how "blessed" I am by having a child who has made me so proud today (I did blog about it, but I don't really share my blog publicly, and wanted to record the memory), and it's mainly because some people I know and love are going through a challenging time with their children right now, and I didn't want to throw out my "blessing" and make them feel like I do when someone else is blessed with something I am not.

Am I just talking crazy here?  I'd love some feedback (if anyone is reading this haha).

Lindsey

Proud Mama

If you've kept up with my Facebook posts, you've probably seen me mention something about my major goal for Grace in life, which is to be a person who is empathetic to others.

She is 2, by the way, and I could not be more amazed by her.  We had her parent-teacher conference at daycare today, and they told us lots of great stuff about her, as well as some things we need to work on.  But one topic of conversation totally takes the cake.

Grace has a friend in her class named Avery.  She's always talked about Avery, and even named her baby doll Avery.  I've never met her, but learned that she only comes a couple of days a week when I met her mom once. Today I found out that Avery is autistic, and doesn't really talk.  Their teacher told me that Grace has really taken the role of her big-sister and caretaker in the class.  She always plays with her, takes care of her, and pays lots of attention to her.  When her therapist comes to work with her during class, Grace goes over with her and does her exercises with her.  This is truly the absolute the proudest moment I have had.  I cried when her teacher told me, and have cried all evening since every time I think about it.  We've talked about making sure to include others and play with people who are alone, but honestly at 2 years of age, I don't think she learned this behavior from any conversation we've ever had.  I can only come to the realization and hope that this is just deep within her character, and I am so proud.  I hope that she and Avery continue to be friends as they grow up.

I also found out that Grace tucks her friends in, sings them songs and pats them at naptime.  Love that girl.

Lindsey