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August 10, 2007 Frances Friday Encore: Another Milestone 
Tonight, when I was getting her ready for bed, Frances asked me if she could put my hair in a ponytail, and then a braid. As soon as she asked, I remembered such play from my own girlhood, messing with friends' hair, ponytails and braids and pretend styles, fancy combs and clips. She had no idea what she was doing, just grabbed clumps of hair and pulled them this way and that, and then said, "There!" Whereupon it promptly fell out because she had no elastics and no idea of how to use them even if she'd been holding one. But what a lovely moment it was anyway. Earlier in the evening, when Frances was being her usual good-natured self, I said, "You know what, Frances; moms the world over want to have little girls just like you. Girls who are polite and sweet and fun and well-behaved and smart. And I got you. I am very lucky to be your Mummy." "And I am very lucky to be your daughter," she said. *melt* Posted by Andrea at August 10, 2007 7:28 PM under Frances Friday EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments Awww! SO sweet! I wish you could bottle her! Posted by: KLee at August 10, 2007 9:28 PM
You are lucky. She is too. Posted by: amy at August 10, 2007 9:49 PM
we are all so lucky. Posted by: jen at August 10, 2007 10:01 PM
I'm a puddle on the floor! For her to even say that! It amazes me what kids come out with. I love kids so much! Posted by: LauraJ at August 10, 2007 11:51 PM
My gosh. Doesn't a single moment like that make everything so worthwhile! Posted by: Miche at August 11, 2007 9:31 AM
Aaawww! Posted by: ccw at August 11, 2007 10:19 AM
Awwwwwww! So sweet. Posted by: julia at August 11, 2007 11:24 AM
Lucky indeed, the two of you. Posted by: yankee,transferred at August 11, 2007 12:14 PM
That's about as good as it gets. Posted by: kgirl at August 11, 2007 10:01 PM
Gush. :-) Posted by: ewe_are_here at August 12, 2007 2:26 PM
And that's what matters, no? Posted by: Emily at August 14, 2007 7:59 PM
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