Ever want to know what your child thinks of you? Read the poem they are required to write for a school project, then “gift” you for Mother’s Day. That, my friends, will clear up any misconceptions that you might have had about “who” you are in the eyes of your kid!
This little gem is from Miss Piper …
On the cover she had to draw a picture and write adjectives about me:
Cute, smart, stylish, pretty, generous, and lovely.
Thank you, sweet pea. I’ll take those!
Now, for the journaling which is accompanied by hand-drawn pictures:
My mom looks beautiful. My mom looks cute. My mommy looks stylish. She looks very pretty. My mom looks cool.
My mom likes TV. My mommy likes Modern Family. My mom likes to work. My mom likes Justin Bieber. My mommy likes pets.
My mom makes me feel loved, huggable, and happy. She makes me feel loved when I hug her. My mom makes me feel huggable when we’re about the hug each other. She makes me feel happy when she takes me places like school and to buy toys.
My mom likes to sleep, kiss, and dance. My mom likes to sleep a lot. She really likes to sleep with me! She likes to kiss me before I go to bed. My mom likes to dance with me. She loves to be a dance teacher. She used to be a dance teacher!
(Piper made an 85 on this project. Her teacher said that she didn’t include enough “detail sentences”. I’m going to embrace this 85, because Piper has been known – in her school journaling – to include details that we would have rather her not shared. So, I’m gonna be ok with a “B” just this once!)
So, how did we spend Mother’s Day 2012? What ultra-exciting things did we do to celebrate me? We did nothing. We watched movies all day and laid on the couch and ended the day like this:
I asked Don to take a picture, because this for me is Mother’s Day — it’s my every day. Piper always falls asleep in odd positions. {Seriously, who can sleep like that and not wake up completely sore?) Avery, my cuddle bug, loves to be close when he falls asleep. And, no – I’m not still nursing and trying to make the cover of Time magazine … along with snuggling, Avery is also my “I drool in my deep sleep” kid! And, of course, sweet little Butch can’t be 4 inches away from me at any given time, so he’s right there too 🙂 … And, I wouldn’t have it any other way!
