My Kid's Active!: January 2011

25 January 2011

It Is Really Difficult to Know How to Help Your Daughter Manage the Social Obstacles of Growing Up Girl

Just read Queen Bees Wannabes - Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman. I recommend to all mothers of girls from second grade to high school to read this book! It did a great job helping me understand how my daughter thinks and the hierarchy that runs the "girls world". More importantly, it gave me real life strategies and techniques to use. The social development of girls is one of the toughest responsibilities of a mom.....I will continue to read anything I can that assists me.

14 January 2011

Snow Day Blues

I am not so old that I can't remember the shear joy of waking up on a school day to your Mom telling you school is cancelled due to snow. Talk about hitting the jackpot of 7 year old bliss. Fast forward to today and my 7 year old's bliss....we had a snow day earlier this week - we live in the east so it is not hard to get excited about a possible snow day even with 2 inches of snow. This particular day we had 6 inches so my daughter indeed woke up (or should I say woke me up to..) a snow day. We did all the appropriate snow day things - stayed in our pjs way too long, drank alot of hot chocolate, and sledded til my (not my daughters) toes almost froze off. Fast forward to the next day....with 6 inches of snow it is a pretty safe bet that you will not have two days off and probably should not have had the day off you did have either! When we got up my daughter had the same excited look on her face and clearly had high hopes. I had to be the one to burst her bubble of hope by explaining and showing her that the roads were completely clear and dry. She was not be be deterred. She continued to question my assessment and asked me not once, or twice, or three times...."Mom please check online and make sure we have school". I kept telling her that she had school but eventually relinquished my position and checked the school website so she could see that those smarter than I had indeed agreed that school was happening this very day. Once her disgust was clear (and somewhat unrelenting) we ended the conversation with..."I don't know who invented school but I wish they never did!"

Eight Year Old Quote of the Day as of March 2011......Seven Year Old's Quote of the Day

"the boys are playing pokemon all the time at school - I think pokemon should be "abandoned" at school". 1/9/12
"Order, Order, the Court is in the House"...Emily's Mom is telling her what to do too much", my daughter announces as we walk out the door for school. I did explain that it is not against the law for a mother to guide her 8 year old in life's day to day operations! 1/6/12
Asked my daughter where she learned to caw like a crow so well - her response, 'Mom it is just one of my talents"! 9/16/11
"Mom how do you get cancer? They got all of yours out right? It's not contagious to you though...right? 6/15/11
"You see that cloud Mom...I think it is where heaven is". 6/14/11
Saturday morning about 10:30 am - "Mom my imagination is really going down...I think I need something to eat". 5/28/11
"Mom you have too many meetings and that is not even your talent"! 5/19/11
"Mom you are getting smarter"..why is that I ask my daughter..."because you remembered all your chores today..if you keep remembering you are going to get really smart". 5/17/11
"Mom instead of reading a book at bedtime let's tell knock-knock jokes!" 3/27/11
"Hey Mom you know I am in love with ice cream". 3/11/11
"Mom, you owe me double twice for my allowance". 3/6/11
"Mom you are way off basic" my daughter tells me as we review her homework together. 2/15/11
"Mom you are such a chatty girl". 1/31/11
"Mom I'm playing wii in my head right now"! 1/23/11
"I don't know who invented school but I wish they never did!" 1/12/11
"Mom when you are sick your head thinks cuckoo crazy" 1/9/11
"Mom were there cars when you were little?" 1/1/11
"Grammy and Grampy are popleeur". 12/2/10
You know Mom eagles are almost distinct". 12/2/10
"I am so totally a girl". 11/10
When asked to put on a jacket when she went outside my daughter replied, "Mom don't you know that kids need fresh air sometimes". Oh - sorry I had no idea! 10/22/10
"Mom I can't wait til tomorrow cuz I get to touch chemicals"! 10/20/10
You are a crazy Mom". 10/10/10
"I love you Mom but did I tell you that you are a talker". 10/9/10
On Dreamng - "Mom I have tons of stories in my head. I just click on it and play it again"! 10/3/10
To her second grade teacher about the first grade teacher - "Boy Mrs. Kathy really worked me last year"! 8/31/10
Driving to the first day of school today my daughter says from the back seat..." Well this is my life". That it is my love...that it is! 8/30/10
A neighbor brought over some leftover cake from a party she had...it was chocolate mousse cake and she said to watch out cuz it was very rich. Later when I cut a piece of it for my daughter and myself she said, "watch out Mom it is very cheap"! 8/20/10
I lie down with my daughter for the bedtime ritual....read and book, say the prayers, talk about the day. Then good night, I love you. As I walk out of the room I hear, "Seriously"?!.....I guess the ritual was not long enough....for her. 8/15/10
Bedtime prayer - "God bless my first mother and my lovable second mother". 8/9/10
On my Dad offering my daughter a try at beef jerky (yuk)..."I was born in a place in China that eats spicy foods so I'll be ok with beef jerky"! Really?! 8/5/10
Ran into a college friend the other day and had a short conversation with her. When we got into the car my daughter asked me "Mom, is she older than you?" I told her that she was but just a little bit. Her response, "I bet you are glad one person is older than you". 7/18/10
"Em, what is the difference between Daisies and Brownies in Girl Scouts"? "Cuz I eat more brownies I am moving to brownies now". 7/14/10
"You know me...I get a little freaky about touching stems of flowers"..while putting a bouquet of flowers into a vase. 7/13/10
My daughter was looking at some baby pictures of herself and I was commenting on how cute a baby she was........she said, " now I know why Aunt Mo keeps telling me I am just too cute:! 7/12/10
"Mom you know how you are older....? will you die when I am in college"? I guess that was my cue for a discussion on death and dying - 7 year old style. 7/10/10
On watching Toy Story movie..."people get this there is Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 don't you know..."! 7/1/10
"Mom your closet is cleaner than mine so can you help me clean my closet". 6/22/10
"Mom don't you have some wash to do?" In other words...stop bothering me! 6/15/10
"Mom I am horrible at basketball. I can't even make a shoot". 6/14/10
"I haven't had one of these in ages"...my daughter says when I buy her and a friend a boston creme donut. 6/12/10
"I am the queen of this house".....I think not! 6/10/10
"I get freaked out if people watch me dance". Response after I asked her if she wanted to be in the school talent (word used very loosely!) show next year. 6/8/10
On not being able to get to sleep last night..."I turned off my thinker but my eyes don't want to shut". 6/6/10
On "graduating" from first grade..."Mom I can see it in your body you are about to start crying because you are so proud of me". 6/6/10
On the way to school today, "Mom today is the last spelling test I will ever have in first grade"..... 6/4/10
"Mom the play is called "how the Chickmunk got its stripes". Confirmed chickmunk three times with my daughter and chickmunk it is! 6/3/10
From the driver's seat I hear my daughter say to her friend..."when my Mom says "we'll see" she really means she will get it for me later"..... Am I so transparent? 6/2/10
Going up the steps to bed tonight we were talking about how hot it was going to be to sleep. My daughter says, "I am gonna be naked tonight baby!"...not something you like to hear from your 7 year old.... 5/26/10
"Mom I can't stop thinking of batting" with my wiffle bat" 5/24/10
I hear my daughter from the backyard say to her friend, "remember I'm a lefty"....wiffleball at it's best! 5/23/10
"Mom when I get older as you, can I wear your clothes"? 5/18/10
"Mom you're a dudette....pause....Mom, what's a dudette?" 5/17/10
"Is someone done their chores Missy" my daughter says to me as she walks in my room to check on my progress. I don't understand it cuz she seems to be the one that makes us late in the morning! 5/14/10
"Mom you don't look too good today"....as I drive my 7 year old to school with workout clothes on and a baseball hat to hide the fact that I have not washed my hair....I guess the hat doesn't really work! 5/1/10
This is actually a 4 year old's thoughts: "Now that you are four years old do you feel any older", I ask? "Yes". "How do you feel different"? "Like four bananas"!! 5/7/10
"Stop I don't want to hear any more of it and I mean it!" Wonder where she got that phrase? 5/6/10
"Mom I think your brain might be old"...in response to my forgetting something important (can't even remember what it was right now)!. 5/4/10
As we are driving home from a party and I have gotten lost..again my daughter asks: "Mom do you think we will have enough gas to get home"? 5/1/10
"I do not want to look cool I want to look pretty"! 4/30/10
Sometimes the quotes aren't so funny. "Mom I just need to tell you...I love you and hope you don't die". 4/29/10
This is from an email I got from a friend. I don't know the origin but thought it was priceless: "Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it".
"I emptied my whole entire mind now so we can fit anything in it". 4/25/10
"Mama who is your BFF?" 4/23/10
"If you think I can fit one more thing in my brain you are wrong"! 4/22/10
"Mom I slept so good last night...as a log". 4/21/10