Here is a news flash: I love babies. Babies are little, innocent, cuddly people. Everything in this world is a novel discovery for a baby, and having a baby around makes mundane tasks seem new and exciting again.
Something crazy has happened, however, since our third little bundle of fun came along. Sometime while I was changing diapers and playing peekaboo, my two other little kids decided to grow into big kids.
And guess what?
Big kids are hilarious and fun in a different way. Big kids make jokes that actually make sense. If you aren't careful a big seven year old might, while at the local lake, announce to everyone who is within earshot that she is going to go and dip her "ass in the water." The ass to which she is referring is, of course, a donkey- (a.k.a "ass") shaped animal cracker because a nice seven year old would never use that word in its naughty context, right?
Big kids have their own taste in music and fashion. A big kid will gladly paint your toenails a shocking shade of orange and give you a new hairdo employing sixteen rubber bands and a rainbow/ leopard print scarf while her Pixie Lott CD croons, "Uh-oh, Uh-ooh" in the background. Big kids are just cool like that.
This past weekend I had THE best time in the swimming pool with my two big kids. Not only did we swim and play, but we invented an imaginary Aquacise class with a full cast of colorful characters including the flamboyant instructor Carl and the three squabbling Pootypants sisters: Scarlett, Charlotte and Betty. Aquacize IS such a great way to work off the stress and those extra helpings of biscuits and gravy, girls.
As Mika would say, "Big girls, you are beautiful." I love my big girls and my constantly evolving family. Motherhood is many things, but it is never boring.
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