M is the second born in our family or as she says, "the middle child (sigh)". She enjoys the angst of this second class status. The middle child: forgotten and overlooked one. What a cross to bear. Or at least that's how she sees it.
She is also our oldest daughter, and a care taker to her very bones. She is six, and the other night she offered to get the baby ready for bed. She changed a the baby's diaper - a task that has daunted grown men. She "jammied" the baby, too. She gets the baby snacks and milk and, generally, dotes. Baby has 2 mommies - it's just that one is 6 years old.
M has one volume...it's not low. She is dramatic and sensitive, and shy and thoughtful. She is a monkey, sometimes brave and sometimes fearful. Bike riding makes her fearful, but today, after the better part of a year trying, she's done it. She can ride a two wheeler. HOORAY! We are so proud.
M love ponies, and twirly dresses. She positively shines when her daddy tells her she looks pretty. She likes to shop. She likes shoes, and having her toenails painted. She is a girly girl.
Of all our children she takes the most emotionally energy to parent (though the baby may give her a run for her money). Is this a girl thing? Eddie says it is and I'm relatively low maintenance. Okay, not super low - but certainly not high maintenance. Right, Honey? And do I look fat in this?
Tomorrow we hit the books again. I organized the schoolroom. M re-organized for me. She's arranged baby dolls along the base of the wall and moved the lamp next to the child sized rocker she drug in from the playroom. There is a display of Littlest Pets figurines.
THIS MAKES ME CRAZY! If I undo her work I'll probably hurt her feelings and we'll have to have a 45 minute emotional recovery time. So, I'm gonna suck it up and teach baby dolls tomorrow too. But it's worth it to have a daughter - especially one who like to shoe shop.
She is also our oldest daughter, and a care taker to her very bones. She is six, and the other night she offered to get the baby ready for bed. She changed a the baby's diaper - a task that has daunted grown men. She "jammied" the baby, too. She gets the baby snacks and milk and, generally, dotes. Baby has 2 mommies - it's just that one is 6 years old.
M has one volume...it's not low. She is dramatic and sensitive, and shy and thoughtful. She is a monkey, sometimes brave and sometimes fearful. Bike riding makes her fearful, but today, after the better part of a year trying, she's done it. She can ride a two wheeler. HOORAY! We are so proud.
M love ponies, and twirly dresses. She positively shines when her daddy tells her she looks pretty. She likes to shop. She likes shoes, and having her toenails painted. She is a girly girl.
Of all our children she takes the most emotionally energy to parent (though the baby may give her a run for her money). Is this a girl thing? Eddie says it is and I'm relatively low maintenance. Okay, not super low - but certainly not high maintenance. Right, Honey? And do I look fat in this?
Tomorrow we hit the books again. I organized the schoolroom. M re-organized for me. She's arranged baby dolls along the base of the wall and moved the lamp next to the child sized rocker she drug in from the playroom. There is a display of Littlest Pets figurines.
THIS MAKES ME CRAZY! If I undo her work I'll probably hurt her feelings and we'll have to have a 45 minute emotional recovery time. So, I'm gonna suck it up and teach baby dolls tomorrow too. But it's worth it to have a daughter - especially one who like to shoe shop.
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