Signs that lil D is growing up
When kids grow up, they grow up all right. Overnight, they morph from helpless, indecipherable-sound-producing babies to authoritative, voluble toddlers. To say it’s amazing is an understatement.
Signs that my lil D is well and truly into her terrible/terrific twos:
1. She tells me “Mama, don’t get upset, OK”, when she knows she’s done something wrong, and I haven’t yet discovered it
2. She asks with a frown, “Why you acting like that?”, if we do something she’s not pleased with.
3. She treats her dad like her protégé and teaches him all her rhymes and games with great diligence
4. She insists on eating most propahly at the table; what’s more, she insists we follow her example
5. She behaved like a proper hostess with some guests, asking them to come in, sit down and have some apple juice (doubtless with the fond hope that she would also get some)
6. She behaved like a dutiful citizen, asking the saleslady at a shop where the dustbin was, and then disposing of her lollipop stick most appropriately, with no prompting from me!
7. The very first day at her pre-school, after washing her hands post-snack-time, she asked the maid there with a most puzzled look on her face: “Where is the towel?”
8. She’s grown strong enough to carry 4 small chairs at once – 2 in each hand! (Baby Xena, I wonder?)
9. July 28th was a red-letter day: she told me the magic words for the very first time - “I love you – I love you very much!”, accompanied by a big hug.
And the top sign is……
10. I exclaimed “Wow! You’re great!”, when she chose to eat more radish over potatoes at dinner today. She replied, perhaps unwittingly, but most appropriately: “I’m not great, I’m smart!”
Signs that my lil D is well and truly into her terrible/terrific twos:
1. She tells me “Mama, don’t get upset, OK”, when she knows she’s done something wrong, and I haven’t yet discovered it
2. She asks with a frown, “Why you acting like that?”, if we do something she’s not pleased with.
3. She treats her dad like her protégé and teaches him all her rhymes and games with great diligence
4. She insists on eating most propahly at the table; what’s more, she insists we follow her example
5. She behaved like a proper hostess with some guests, asking them to come in, sit down and have some apple juice (doubtless with the fond hope that she would also get some)
6. She behaved like a dutiful citizen, asking the saleslady at a shop where the dustbin was, and then disposing of her lollipop stick most appropriately, with no prompting from me!
7. The very first day at her pre-school, after washing her hands post-snack-time, she asked the maid there with a most puzzled look on her face: “Where is the towel?”
8. She’s grown strong enough to carry 4 small chairs at once – 2 in each hand! (Baby Xena, I wonder?)
9. July 28th was a red-letter day: she told me the magic words for the very first time - “I love you – I love you very much!”, accompanied by a big hug.
And the top sign is……
10. I exclaimed “Wow! You’re great!”, when she chose to eat more radish over potatoes at dinner today. She replied, perhaps unwittingly, but most appropriately: “I’m not great, I’m smart!”
posted by thoughtraker at 8:30 AM
2 Comments:
Wonderful, ever cherishable moments.... :)
Is it that we who lose our cool as they continue to be smart.. later too
Still... nice, little things that brings a smile whenever reflected upon later in our lives... :)
hey satish, very true. it's the little things that make life worth living.
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