when I grow up...

when I grow up...

I can stir the dough batter faster {so it doesn't spill you know}

I can sleep in your bed Mommy

I can run with a jogger stroller

I can be a mommy too

I can get hot things out of the oven too

I can write all my numbers {perfectly}

I can get in the big pool by myself

I can drive

I can get married

I can crack the eggs

my little 4-year-old for these past two months or so has been obsessed with doing more and saying "when I grow up, I can..." 

some are short-term goals she has with her numbers

and some are long-term like being a mommy...

I am forgetting every last phrase she says with "when I grow up I can..."

because it is with a lot she says that to

but some of the things are so simple and it makes you appreciate every little thing you can do by yourself or because you are a bit older...

but I have started to laugh and smile about it...because I love to hear the things she hopes for or wants to do...

I don't tell her that I don't want her to grow up...

{even though that's what I'm thinking}

I don't tell her to be patient

{because she is not like her mama}

I don't tell her she has plenty of time ahead of her

because she doesn't quite get that anyway

and that's not what she wants or needs to hear...

I don't tell her how much life is easier as a youngin' like her

because I want her to live in the moment

I do tell her..."someday it will happen"

"someday you will"

I do tell her "absolutely"...

and sometimes I don't say a word at all I just smile and hug her

because I don't want to take away from anything that she is telling me

she is a quiet girl that studies life

and when she talks and opens up about what she likes or hopes for...

I'm always ready to listen

I remember when i was little and all I could hope for was to grow older so I could do this or I could do that...

but oh the days of really no "real" worries are long gone

and that's something the girls will learn and experience all on their own

and they will remember someday when they said

"when I grow up I can"

and it will make them smile because they will know...

if only those days were still here

but when they remember all the times they said "when I grow up I can"

they will appreciate the present time and where they are in life

over the weekend as Bobby got back in town

we had a movie night and the girls wanted some of Bobby's water

and of course they just walked over and took a drink

and set it back down on the table

not on the coaster which made Bobby in a bit of a huff

I just looked at him and smiled and said let it go

it's really not a big deal because someday if we see water rings on that table

I will remember exactly this time in our life

and I said "honey...all this time with the girls you learn to pick your battles"

"and this is not one..."

because we can simply reach over and put it back on the coaster and still see them walk back to where they are watching their movie smiling big

and not worrying about a coaster

one of the things Bobby is a nut about is using a coaster

and I never use a coaster myself {at my home} and it drives him crazy

{I'll use one at yours if I am there...no worries...}

but it is so funny as he is known as the extreme laid back one

that I'm telling him to relax a bit and let this one go

makes me snicker and laugh

I'm slowly getting caught up reading your blogs...

I've missed so much but have been enjoying so much here

xo