Dear Connor,
So . . . you and MuiMui are getting a new sibling in June! You've known about the baby for awhile now--you were actually the first person I told and knew even before Daddy--and you are excited. You have already decided that we should name the baby Pudding Apple Chan (it has a nice ring to it!) and are fascinated by my growing belly and the fact that my belly button has popped out. We have regular conversations about your new sibling, including this hilarious one today:
You: Is the baby never going to come out? [I know that to you, it must seem like I've been pregnant forever!]
Me: No, it's going to come out in June.
You: How do you get it out?
Me: Mommy is going to go to the hospital and the doctors are going to help me. I have to push it out.
You: Push it out?
Me: Yeah. You know how you push when you poop? It's kind of like that.
You (looking bewildered and then concerned): You don't want the baby to fall in the toilet!
Haha! No, we definitely don't want that!
Love,
Mom
Friday, February 27, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Hoping for Homework
Dear Connor,
When you came home from school today, you said to me sadly, "Why don't I get homework? I'm so sad that I don't get homework!"
Just wait, kid. Just wait.
Love,
Mom
When you came home from school today, you said to me sadly, "Why don't I get homework? I'm so sad that I don't get homework!"
Just wait, kid. Just wait.
Love,
Mom
Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Basement
Dear Connor,
You never go to our basement because there's nothing down there for you--there's just the washer and dryer, Daddy's exercise equipment, shelves with bottled water, extra boxes of cereal, etc. I, meanwhile, spend a *lot* of time in the basement with the aforementioned washer and dryer (how is there always a full load of laundry to do every single day?!) and when I was heading down there today, you asked if you could come with me. I said sure and you could not have been more excited!
For you, it was as if you were discovering a whole new world. You kept exclaiming things like, "There's the washing machine! I see the clothes! There's cereal over there! I see my old car toy! There's a bathroom! And a sink!" Later, when we were back upstairs and the dryer went off, I said I had to get the laundry and you jumped up and asked hopefully, "Can I come with you?!" And when your nanny came back with MuiMui in the afternoon, you ran up to her and told her, "I went to the basement! I never went to the basement before! It was my first time going to the basement!"
Haha, the things that get little kids excited! Who needs to go to Disney World when I can just take you to the basement? :P
Love,
Mom
You never go to our basement because there's nothing down there for you--there's just the washer and dryer, Daddy's exercise equipment, shelves with bottled water, extra boxes of cereal, etc. I, meanwhile, spend a *lot* of time in the basement with the aforementioned washer and dryer (how is there always a full load of laundry to do every single day?!) and when I was heading down there today, you asked if you could come with me. I said sure and you could not have been more excited!
For you, it was as if you were discovering a whole new world. You kept exclaiming things like, "There's the washing machine! I see the clothes! There's cereal over there! I see my old car toy! There's a bathroom! And a sink!" Later, when we were back upstairs and the dryer went off, I said I had to get the laundry and you jumped up and asked hopefully, "Can I come with you?!" And when your nanny came back with MuiMui in the afternoon, you ran up to her and told her, "I went to the basement! I never went to the basement before! It was my first time going to the basement!"
Haha, the things that get little kids excited! Who needs to go to Disney World when I can just take you to the basement? :P
Love,
Mom
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Dentist Visit
Dear Connor,
You know you're a mom when you actually look forward to a visit to the dentist because that means you get to lie back in a chair and do nothing for half an hour.
Love,
Mom
You know you're a mom when you actually look forward to a visit to the dentist because that means you get to lie back in a chair and do nothing for half an hour.
Love,
Mom
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Honest Company
Dear Connor,
Things you did today:
-You occasionally lie when you've done something wrong and I ask you if you did it. I always catch you in your lie (hello, Mommy knows everything!) and we've had dozens of talks about telling the truth and not making up stories. At snack time, I asked you who dropped the cookies on the floor (when I saw you do it) and you were about to say it wasn't you but I told you to tell the truth. You quietly said, "I did it." I didn't yell at you (which you were expecting). I just cleaned up the cookies and praised you for being honest. This made you feel so good that over the next hour, you kept coming up to me to tell me, "I did it. I dropped the cookies."
-I was cooking dinner and put four carrots on the cutting board. You saw them and said, "Mommy, if you have two more carrots, you get six." Smart boy!
-You said you want to marry Lila when you get older. I said you can't marry your sister and you asked me who you can marry. I explained that you have to find someone you love and you replied, "But I love MuiMui." :)
Love,
Mom
Things you did today:
-You occasionally lie when you've done something wrong and I ask you if you did it. I always catch you in your lie (hello, Mommy knows everything!) and we've had dozens of talks about telling the truth and not making up stories. At snack time, I asked you who dropped the cookies on the floor (when I saw you do it) and you were about to say it wasn't you but I told you to tell the truth. You quietly said, "I did it." I didn't yell at you (which you were expecting). I just cleaned up the cookies and praised you for being honest. This made you feel so good that over the next hour, you kept coming up to me to tell me, "I did it. I dropped the cookies."
-I was cooking dinner and put four carrots on the cutting board. You saw them and said, "Mommy, if you have two more carrots, you get six." Smart boy!
-You said you want to marry Lila when you get older. I said you can't marry your sister and you asked me who you can marry. I explained that you have to find someone you love and you replied, "But I love MuiMui." :)
Love,
Mom
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