Remember last spring/summer where I constantly bombarded you with stories of my perfect angel baby who didn't ever cry, even on 12 hour drives across the country. Remember how I bragged about never missing Relief Society or a sacrament meeting. Remember how you wanted to reach through the computer and hit me (in fact, looking back on those posts, I want to hit me...HARD). PAYBACK TIME. I love Lucy and she loves me. REALLY LOVES ME. The kind of love where she NEVER wants to leave me, and NEVER wants me to leave or even put her down. It's great and all until dishes and laundry (the continuing sagas of chores) are starting to take over and what once seemed like a short little mound of clothing to fold has now turned into Timp. Lucky for me, she also LOVES Paul (probably more than me). She is really fun at church too. She thinks church is all about FUN. You know, running down the aisles, out the door, in the gym. It's weird. She doesn't want us to hold her at church AT ALL but doesn't want us to ever put her down at home. Can someone tell me if it's frowned upon to fold your clothes in the mother's lounge during sacrament meeting?
We have a feeling this child will have a great time with Uncle Michael in the future too. She loves to be thrown around, hung upside down, and wrestled. We went to Jump on It (wall to wall trampolines) the other day; I tried to hold her and jump mildly, but NO; she got down on the trampolines and flopped and fell and was bounced all over the place, laughing all the while. I watched her for signs of brain damage all day.
POLAR OPPOSITES. My children. Sabrina started Primary and has made it pretty clear that she'd rather not. We keep talking it up, but she's pretty bright and can see right through our attempts. No toys, no snacks, no mom (I am the nursery leader). That's all she sees. She didn't fight us or cry, however; so we're calling her first week a success. I am thinking that I am going to love the age 4 based on how she's been lately. The other day I used my classic line, "Hey it's time to turn off the TV and use your imagination." (it's better than my other classic line, "If you don't turn off the TV, your eyes are going to fall out.") And wonder of wonders, she got up and turned it off without whining, pleading, or bargaining. She has been so pleasant and fun lately. She loves preschool and talks constantly about her friends there. She learned to write her name and Paul is absolutely in love with her signature. I'll leave you with a classic convo.
(Scene: in the car driving)
Mom: There's the temple.
Sabrina: Hey, there's the angel on top.
Mom: Yep, Angel Moroni.
Sabrina: He's playing music for the people getting married...so they can dance.
Wow, gold stars if you got to the end of this post.
8 comments:
And so NOW YOU KNOW. I remember you being confused by Kate and her unwillingness to sit in a grocery cart. THAT'S weird how not every kid is like coooperative Sabrina Sampson, huh? Welcome to my world, young (learning) Lindsay. For more tips on dealing with difficult children, please contact me.
Neither Aish or you (Lin) can say much about difficult toddlers. I have been through Andrew (NEVER would sit on my lap at church), Noah (Again, NEVER would sit on my lap at church), Ella (The difficulties are legendary), and Ava (MUST walk and push the shopping cart in the store, while ramming it into people). Now, just wait until you have four (soon to be five) of these lovely souls to take to church and shop with. Okay, you guys will probably be smarter and stick with just a couple. Once upon a time, I thought I'd be a two-kid Mom as well. :0)
Diddo on what Natalie said.
Wow--I have so been there. Josh was attached to my hip and I thought I would go crazy. I would drop him off at the gym childcare, workout like crazy for 20 min until they called me to come get my screaming child. Sigh...
Mc HATEs church. There is no sitting- only running. Can hardly wait for nursery. Counting down the months!
Lindsay, it's been too long. I absolutely love your blog. You are such a great writer. I am finding my little angel is starting to be more demanding too. And Relief Society is not her favorite. She growls now and it always seems to be during the most spiritual parts of the lesson. Gotta love it. I'm glad Sabrina is liking preschool and handling primary well.
I get a gold star and enjoyed every sentence. I think the glued to the hip syndrome runs in the Sampson blood. Nate was that way (he never went to nursery) and so is Luke.
When Ava was young she ran up to the pulpit when Kyle was conducting... and he said over the pulpit "Nate can't you control your kid".
Woot for gold stars. Also, I'm excited to have Moroni has my wedding musician.
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