My Daughter’s Influence on My Self-Esteem

First of all, we’re standing in the bathroom, and my three-year-old says to me, “Mommy, it looks like your tummy is getting more bigger!”

[Sigh.] “Yes, Mommy needs to exercise and eat better,” I confessed.

“Mayyyybe you can get one of those big round things [she meant a trampoline] like our friends have to jump on? With the bar to hold onto?” she suggested. “Maybe that would help you exercise!”

I’m sure she’s just trying to be helpful.

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Later that morning, she looks at me and says, “You need to be a good mom, and take us to the lake more often.”

If I were a “good mom”??

Trust me, child, if there were a lake nearby that we could go to more often, we’d be there!

(And for those who might be concerned, yes, we’re having conversations about how to speak respectfully to your parents! Those just make for boring blog entries.)

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Mara has learned her ABCs and the corresponding sounds, so she is now learning blends. We sound out the letters. Then make a word and use it in a sentence.

Mara had “m-i” so she said, “M-I. Miss. I miss my Daddy because he had to get up early this morning and go to work.”