
I keep a journal of sayings, words, notes, stories of what the girls are talking about at certain ages.
I wanted to tell you a few of my recent favorites:
Every other night at bedtime, I either sing a song to the girls that I made up for them when they were babies, or I tell them a special "fairy tale" . My fairy tale goes a little something like this (the short version)
"Once upon a time, Bella graduated from High School, she chose a very prominent college with incredible academic credentials....Bella went to college and studied to be a ______(she fills in the blank) Sometimes, she is a mermaid, a singer, a ballerina, now, a cheerleader...since her new found obsession is HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
To continue: I say, Bella goes to college where she makes lots of new friends, studies very hard to be a _____and makes excellent grades. She graduates at the top of her class, travels the world, goes to Africa to explore a struggling culture, to France to study french, Italy to....and the story goes on. Then I say, after she graduates college, travels the world, sees all that she wants to see, establishes herself in her career, then she settles down and gets married and has children....THE END" (the stories main content stays in tact, while some details change)
SO, one night after the story, I say, Bella, do you think you may want to grow up to be a doctor, a teacher or a lawyer? She said, "well, I don't think I want to be a doctor, I like teachers, so I could do that, but Mommy, what does a "liar" do again?"
Tonight, Bella says (while looking up at the sky) "GOD, I want you to give me 5 kids when I grow up". I say, what will you name them, she said I will have 3 boys and 2 girls. The girls will be Levinga Chandelier and Fancy Nancy. I say, WOW, 5 children, you better live close to Mommy so I can help you. She said "Uh, I can handle it on my own, I won't need your help"
How precious!
ReplyDeleteMy sister used to say she wanted 14 kids & that if she ever gor tired of some of them she'd jsut give them away!
I love this age, because they come up with the funniest things!
ReplyDeleteVery funny! How nice of you to make that lesson into a fairy tale! I just drum into their heads on a daily basis. YOu go to college, you graduate, you get a job you can support yourself with, then you get married and have kids. But Mom you didn't do that. Learn from my mistakes girls!
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that the test of parenting through your children's eyes is for them to want to grow up to be a parent also. Vasilis-would always tell me he wanted to be a trash man and a Dad. Puzzled, I ask Isabelle the same question, she says a Zoologist(?!) I say what about having kids, to which she says "I am not so sure"
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