She Did a Good Job, All Right
There have been approximately eleventy seventeen four-kajillion times that I've thought, "We might have just turned a corner." A bad habit broken, a good habit formed, or a newfound level of maturity seemed to be looming right in front of my eyes. Alas, just about every single time, I've been wrong.
Alexis was doing that lip thing. I very nearly rammed a pitchfork in my ears to make the annoying stop. Then, one day, the kid finally stopped doing that lip thing. Right after I got brave enough to take the industrial strength ear plugs out of my head, she started it again. Except, now she's an experienced champ at sucking her lip until my brain starts ramming itself against my skull in search of sweet, sweet release.
I can't count the number of times that I've thought maybe --just maybe-- we had finally broken the kid of wandering into our bed at night. Given that she's only stayed in her bed the whole night once so far this year, I think it's safe to say that I'm a wee bit over-optimistic. Often.
When I thought perhaps we had experienced a breakthough on the whole Too Shy to Function thing, I was a little scared to think about it too much. I'm STILL afraid to think about it too much.
So, I won't.
Instead, all I will say is that I'm not sure who I watched run the show at dance class today. My kid would never be the one told, "More dancing, less talking." My kid would never be the one yelling, "HIIIII!" across the room. My kid would never be the one being so outgoing that she could have been considered obnoxious.
It was, however, my kid who bounced out of class, looked me square in the eye, and said, "I did a good job today, but I still don't like her."
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Reader Comments (13)
At least she's honest, right?
(And oh, God. Deacon just figured out the lip sucking thing. Isn't 19 months too young for that? Of all the ever loving annoying things to learn at school....)
LOL. She's a cute little terror.
Too funny! My 5 year old has an annoying throat clearing/gargling noise which grates on my last nerve. I can SO relate to your "lip thing". Every time we think he has stopped and the habit is gone <ding> it appears again...(or should I say it "sounds" again). This morning it drove me so crazy I told him he had to go to another room. Grrrr.
I found your blog about a month ago - but I don't think I have ever commented. But I enjoy reading it!
:) Kim
I hate to break you the news, but it's amazing what you as a parent can get used to. We have learned to not even hear the teeth gritting anymore. That lip sucking thing? Pshaw!
Cute... And opinionated. such a girl.
Love her. A whole lot.
Oh my goodness... I understand about just when you think you are over one hurdle another one shows up. Guess that is the part of figuring the whole parenting thing out. I thought the baby stage was hard but looking back that was the easy part. This was great thanks!=-)
Chatty in dance class - that's awesome!
Hate to break it to you, I got up to go to the bathroom around 5 am and returned to find my 10 year old in my bed, trying hard to act like she was so sound asleep she couldn't even move over let alone return to her bed.
Welcome to Four Years Old. It's a whole lotta fun, gotta tell ya. ;-)
Yay for Alexis! More importantly than being outgoing, she realized that she can participate and enjoy the class even if she doesn't like her teacher! That seems like quite a mature concept for a newly-minted 4 year old!
Just found your blog....great photos by the way. I'm a photog too:) Taking pix of my kids is so important to me.
I know just what you mean about thinking they've turned a corner, just to be proven wrong. As is evidenced by my child coming to our bed every night since the Fall. Sigh...
And Alexis? She is so awesome!