Can I Do "Friday Whine and Moan" Instead of "Friday Fun"?
Today was Friday. Usually I like Fridays. They mean Saturday is coming, and with it family time, coffeehouse time with friends, and the remote possibility of having a babysitter for dinner and drinks out with The Wonderful Husband.
But Baby A and I had a tough time of it today. Not sure what it was. Could be that two days of misty rain have kept us from the hard playground play that keeps her a little more sane. She was literally climbing furniture today, not in that toddler way, but in a purposeful older-kid way. "But I'm making a bridge!" "But I climbed the mountain and my headboard is the peak!" "But I had to jump down with my parachute!" That last one from the dining room table, with her pink baby blanket as a 'chute....
More than a few times today, I had to ask her to stop and take a deep breath. At least that many times, I had to do the same thing myself. Basically we had trouble staying on the same page—almost literally.
True conversation: Baby A runs into the kitchen this afternoon clutching a Latin volume of Virgil's Aeneid, Books 7-12. (I'm a geek and proud of it. Little does she know she WILL be taking Latin by middle school. But I digress.)
I see the book and snap that it means she cliimbed three shelves of a (fortunately, built-in) bookshelf in the living room to grab it. WTF?
A: "Mommy, let's read this!"
Me: "Look inside. Are those English words? Do you recognize any of it?"
A: Hmmmmmmmm.....
Me: "That's a Latin book. You don't want to read that, I promise you."
A, eyes widening: "A Latin book? Oh, yes, I do! YES, I DO WANT TO READ IT! I love Aladdin!"
Commences floor-flopping meltdown. Her, not me. Continues:
A: "I love Aladdin! He is a prince! He falls in love with Jasmine! I LOVE IT!!!"
Sighhhh. Blame it on my Southern accent. Or chalk it up to the fact this child lives for fantasy worlds, like this:
and this:
On a brighter note, we finished reading her first chapter book out loud tonight—big girl!—and she's asleep. Tomorrow's Saturday, which means an awesome latte in the company of friends, probably followed by a playground session that should cure some of these problems. And now I'm off to watch my DVR'd "Daily Show" episode from last night.
Yeah, maybe Friday Fun is back now.
Comments
I know just what you mean! Mine likes to pull out the copy of "Grey's Anatomy" and insist that we read it! Fun, fun!
Posted by: Mama Zen | September 26, 2007 10:13 AM