Several weeks ago, I blogged about my aunt-guilt over not sending my niece a birthday present. In addition to something my always-accommodating-and-helpful mother-in-law, Brenda, picked up from us, Miriam's present was going to be a day out with me while I was home.So, today was the day. I picked Miriam up at 10:00. We went to the park, Discovery Depot, McDonald's, made a quick trip to Walgreen's and then another park for bubbles, a slide, a merry-go-round, swings, and probably something else I'm forgetting. I dropped her off at 3:00. I have a new appreciation for stay-at-home moms, especially because I really thought I was going to fall asleep at the kid center around 11:00 (not that she was boring, I just didn't get much sleep last night).
It was so much fun and Miriam was incredibly well-behaved. It's fascinating to see how kids that age learn and understand things. Still, it was nonstop running (and talking) for five hours. I'll sleep well tonight!
My favorite quotes from the day...and believe me, there are many I've forgotten because Miriam talked the. whole. time.:
"I miss daddy when he goes to work, and so does Dodge [the dog]."
I pick Miriam up and tell her that we can go absolutely anywhere she wants. The response? "Let's go to grandma's!" Shows where I rank, doesn't it?
In the car on the way to Galesburg from her house, Miriam asks if I'll tell her a story. "Sure," I say, "About what?" She says about a yellow truck. I tell her this great story about a yellow truck who was so sad because its owner upgraded to a new blue truck when the yellow truck got old but then the blue truck broke down and the man drove the yellow truck again and the yellow truck was happy. I was quite proud of my story. I finish with a very triumphant "the end," thinking about how the fabulous life lesson I have just made up on the fly, then get this opinion from the back seat:
"Wow, that was a long story. Can you tell me a shorter one now?"
We were at Discovery Depot checking out a long tube where you whisper in one end and can hear the person talking at the other end of the building. Miriam wanted to see how it worked, so I told her to stay at her end of the pipe and I'd whisper to her from the other end. I walked down there and turned around and she was gone. After looking around for a few semi-panicked minutes, and being assured by the woman at the front desk that she had not left the building, I found her:
E: Miriam, where were you supposed to be?
M: You said to stay right by the pipe.
E: But you didn't.
M: WellIKnowIWasGoingToButThenIHeardTheTrainWhistleAndIReally
WantedToGoRideTheTrainBecauseIt'sSoFun
E: But I got scared when I looked back and you weren't there. Are you sad that you made me scared?
M: No
(Bonus points for honesty but we still had quite a discussion about this.)
1 comment:
And she didn't stop talking the rest of the day. That's how she is when she's super excited....well...to be completely honest that's how she is most of the time. Drives Brad CRAZY!!!! Thanks for sharing, it's always interesting to hear the impression she makes on other people. :)
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