So 6 of 8, our resident five year old diva, is kicked back on the sectional the other day, legs crossed, bobbed hair tucked behind her ears, nonchalantly thumbing through the latest American Girl catalog. I look over at her, taking in all the posture. She looks as poised as Grace Kelly in the scene from Rear Window, where Grace's character is reclining on the window seat, flipping through the pages of Vogue.
"6 of 8," I say to her. "You are the cutest stinkin' thing I've ever seen. What am I going to do with you?"She licks her thumb, applies it to the page of her periodical, slides her eyes over to me for a second and says, "Keep me."
She's a cool thing, that one....
Wow...don't you just love those moments? I get a lot of those from my (almost) 8 yr old. So witty. They get it from their mommas!
ReplyDeleteJust pack her up and send her on over! She is such a sweetie.
ReplyDeleteKids just really know how to make us love them even more. I think your daughter and my daughter would be the best of friends.
ReplyDeleteYeah, definitely a keeper :)
ReplyDeleteDefinately the right answer LOL...
ReplyDeleteToo cute. Is that possible...to be too cute?
ReplyDeleteSilly girl! That is too funny. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Awhhh bless her! That is so sweet...Keep Me! =>
ReplyDeleteI can picture that as I often have those moments with my 5yo too. It's so cool. 5 going on 15. Sometimes it's not what they say but how they say it!
ReplyDeleteOh my. Keep both eyes on that one -- she's smooth. ;) Now, I wonder where she gets that?
ReplyDeleteHave a great day! - Julia
Did you eat her up right then, or wait a few minutes?
ReplyDeleteThat is precious!
ReplyDeleteShe is adorable! I guess because she is cute you HAVE to keep her!
ReplyDeleteShe is too cute!!! You have to keep her now mom!
ReplyDeleteshe is way too cool! and really "stinkin cute" :)
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep from squeezin' her every secdond of the day? I'm still giggling! She sounds as wittily precious as my son...and he comes up with some doozies.
ReplyDeleteShe's too too too cute! Precious!
ReplyDeleteah the sweet moments of cuteness in between the glances at heaven thinking "why me?!"
ReplyDeleteOh for funny! That's great. :)
ReplyDeleteso cute.
ReplyDeleteYou had better keep her, or I will! What a doll! (and what a good mom to offer her such a sweet compliment!)
ReplyDeleteWe've got a finger-licking page turner too! ;) (The school librarian does it....)
Thank you so much for both of your comments! Its amazing what I get accomplished when I just get off of my duff and just do it! I LOVE your sense of humor and am so encouraged that after eight kids, it not only is still there, but seems to be getting more fun! Yeah, my four year old has moments like that, too, where I think, "Where did you learn that?!" and then I have to tickle him! The one that surprises me the most is my 1 1/2 year old who has a very limited vocabulary at present, but still manages to relate answers to us by sliding his eyes around at us like he's being coy and it occurring us that he knows exactly what he's conveying! They're both turkeys!! :):):)
ReplyDeleteThat seriously rocked. lol
ReplyDeleteAwwww.....I'd keep her! :)
ReplyDeleteAh what a darling :) That is such a cutie pie thing to say ;) One cool kid ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is cute. :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant she is. Just brilliant!
ReplyDeleteOh the sweetness! The cuteness! I can just see her sitting there (Rear Window is a favored movie here). I used to think three was the best age for quotes but those five year old girlies? They know a thing or two!
ReplyDeleteWhat a keeper indeed! She must get it from her Mama.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Carolynn
oh. that is just PRICEless.
ReplyDeleteThis quote “Anger always comes from frustrated expectations” hits especially close to home for me right now...but any of the three could take first place depending upon circumstances. I would prefer either of the others to ring truer...thankfully and fortunately we are never confined in a given box, and mindset really does make a difference. I'm glad I dropped in and chanced upon this post, because it made me think of the anger I've had simmering. Looking at it from this vantage will make it a whole lot easier to let go of. Thank you. Visiting you is always a blessing.
ReplyDeleteI saw the heading of this post a few days ago and was saving it because I knew it would be good. She makes me smile..you have got to keep logging these quotes...her agent will need them some day!
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