Tag, I'm It

The lovely Chris over at Mombie tagged me with a meme that (I think) she invented for Mother's Day; and you know me and memes, but I think this one is special. The instructions are simple: what are three things you do well as a mother? Unfortunately I'm sick today (who gets a flu in May?) so it's a challenge to corral my thoughts in a positive direction. Which probably means it's even more necessary. Here we go:

1. Not hovering. Frances plays outside by herself now that the weather is nice; she's been told to stay where I can see her and I pop out occasionally to make sure she's ok, but I figure if she wants to sit in the back yard area and play with a stick in the mud, that's great.

2. Pretending to be stupid. You know what I mean: when they hide somewhere you can totally see them, or put the surprise in the same hand and ask you to guess where it is again, or play a silly word game where they are obviously trying to trick you. "Hmm, where could Frances be? I could have sworn she was here just a minute ago.... I'll be so sad if I've lost her forever. Oh no! I can't find her anywhere!" All the while with gales of laughter escaping from behind the curtain, just above a pair of small white socks and two little pink shins.

3. TV. Most of the week will go by almost entirely TV-free. (Until she becomes fascinated with a new movie and wants to watch it all the time, but that does mean that when this happens I don't feel particularly bad about it--averaged out it's still Not Much.) Yet somehow she has still figured out who the Bratz are. I blame her classmates.

Although she has still to figure out that she can ask me for a particular toy--she's completely not acquisitive.

I won't tag, but only because I can't narrow it down to just a few people I'd want to see tackle it. How's this: are you reading this post? Yes? You're tagged.

Posted by Andrea at May 13, 2008 8:29 AM under Friends and Others , Mothers and Anti-Mothers

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