Custom Made Child September 1, 2010
Posted by Emily in : Daily Life, Parenthood, Princess Hannah , trackbackThere are days that I feel totally and completely inadequate as a mother. A few weeks ago, I ran into a friend of mine at Thanksgiving Point (we were at the petting zoo) who was there with her four children who are all under the age of FOUR. Yes, she has a four year old and triplets who are almost two.
She was there, with no assistant, with TRIPLETS.
(Deep breath, deep breath . . .)
The Lord knows better than to send me triplets because I would never dare to leave the house. EVER.
Yet, there she was, happy, beautiful, and skinny as ever, with her FOUR kids in tow.
I was excited to see her, yet felt totally inadequate in her supermom presence because I brought my niece along to assist me with my TWO children. I really prefer the odds of one-on-one versus two-on-one.
Last night as I was working on several images for clients, Hannah walked up to me and said, “Mommy, you are the perfect parent for me.”
WHAT?!
I stopped straightaway and looked at her standing there with her arms outstretched. I squeezed her and thanked her for telling me that and then she said, “This calls for some celery!”
And then I was all, um, where have I done you wrong? Celery is not a common food of choice for celebrations, but who am I to tell her any different? She thinks I’m a perfect parent!
More fun things she said last week:
Thank Thee to live on the earth and to live in life. (Overheard during one of her personal prayers.)
Jesus, why did you make Emme not walk? I was just wondering. (Hannah asking very specific questions in her prayers.)
Mom, I really like living on earth.
One of my favorite conversations with her came last night as well when she said, “Mom, can we go to China? Kai-lan lives there and they use chopsticks!”
I told her it was too far away . . . it’s further than New York (she knows how long that drive is!) and it would just be too long of a trip to take her right now. I then told her I was planning a trip there in a few months, but I couldn’t take her. With a sad face she looked at me and said, “Oh.”
I thought for a second and said, “Hey princess! I’ll bring you some chop sticks!” And she was all, “You will? Oh you are the NICEST mommy EVER!”
In that moment, I realized for the millionth time that this child was custom made for me. Not only does she think I’m perfect, but she is totally happy with a booby prize of chop sticks!
I love this kid.
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You are clearly doing something right!
Oh Hannah Bear, I wish you could come to China with us, how about we bring you a China friend that will teach you more Chinese!!!
Oh, dear. One of these days she’s going to realize that celery and chopsticks could have been ice cream and chocolate and you’ll have to do serious shoe therapy with her to repent.
This is absolutely adorable!! Hannah is a sweetheart. I also prefer the odds on one-on-one. In fact two(adults)-on-one(child) is even better
. She must be a wonder pets fan because we celebrate with celery at our house.
What a funny girl! I swear she is four (or is she three, now I feel stupid not knowing!) going on like 25. What a mature little thing and I love her funny quotes and questions.