“Mystery One Five”
There are so many things I will miss when the kids are older. So many little things. Sure, I’ll miss being able to pick out their music and clothes, because let’s face it - teenagers are no good at that stuff, but I’ll also miss who they are right now.
Noah has a flair for mispronunciation and made up words. I already miss his emphatic “BA”, which could have been anything but was most often his pacifier when he was a toddler. I still love that yellow is lello, and Ayla is Awaa but I’m sure those will change too. His newest bump in the learning curve is telling time. Every morning he comes into our room and announces it’s time to get up. And every morning Walter groggily asks him what time it is. It’s usually 5 or 6 something (but in the pattern of number number number), which means it’s not time to get up, but sometimes we get this treat – it’s mystery one five (or whatever is after the mystery). It took us a bit to figure it out but that’s 7:15. Apparently this – 7 – and this – ? – are pretty similar in his mind. To me it’s a mystery how he only manages to sleep past 7:00am once a week! But, isn’t that the cutest thing ever? Noah is also a huge fan of renaming people right now. I don’t know how he chooses names, or sometimes where they come from, but it always makes us laugh. His teach at school, Miss Molly, is Molls. His best friend there is Charlie, Noah calls him Charles. The other night I was Brisket but I’m most often Dads – that’s not a typo. He loves to be silly!
Kate is still into pointing and grunting. Her school tells us she can talk a little – Mickey, No, and Mine – but we haven’t heard it. She mimics us sometimes and can almost get some similar sounds with the right amount of syllables out but she definitely understands. You can tell her just about anything, or make any request, and she’s on it. Whether or not she wants to do it remains a completely different story. We joke that she has an attitude problem but I’m hoping it’s just that she’s opinionated. Right now she wants to do everything Noah does, especially the dangerous stuff, and absolutely everything by herself.
All of these traits and habits will one day be a distant memory but I wanted to put them here so we never forget just how darn cute they could be! Another thing I’m sure we’ll miss… how they enjoy Valentine’s Day…
The Queen of the Self Feed -
Apparently not even 3.75 years of practice makes you a clean donut eater -
What do you miss about your child’s childhood, or what do you think you will miss the most?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:23 am
What I miss most? That’s easy! The innocence and lack of responsibilities! We had no idea just how good we had it.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I have to admit that while I love watching Liam start to assert his independence and ability to make choices, I wish he’d sometimes accept that there’s a reason I’m not allowing him his choice – for example his short sleeved PJs have to be hidden right now b/c he prefers them to his long sleeved ones and won’t believe me that it’s TOO COLD! So I guess what I’m starting to miss so far is the blithe acceptance of Mom & Dad as all knowing and all powerful
At least he’s cute enough to get away with it.
March 19th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
I would love to tell you all that I will miss but I cannot do that without crying. We has been reminiscing about our kids now that we are preparing for Natalie’s graduation…where does all the time go???