Of course, it's not about the gum eating.
Aug. 13th, 2006 01:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
Or the tooth marks in the margarine (I used to eat butter too, when I was a kid, and mustard right out of the bottle). Or the yelling and hitting and constant reminders to say thanks and otherwise act like a civilised being.
It's about that times when it works. When she sees her friend is having trouble putting the lid on the tupperware container, and goes "Oh, no, sweetie, that's on upside down... Yeah, that's right. You did it! Connie! She did it herself!". When she gets a compliment on her hair and says, loudly and without prompting "OH, thank you!". When, after a massive poop accident she thanks me for wiping up the mess ("Oh, no, it's *not* all right, thank you for cleaning the poo-poo!" - that's another discussion the two of us need to have, really. I don't like her having accidents, but I'm not upset about them, and I don't want her to think I am!). When she reads a book to her sister, or holds her hand and helps her walk, or cheers at her for standing unassisted or trying to eat a peach unassisted.
That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.
But I really wanted those root beer floats!
It's about that times when it works. When she sees her friend is having trouble putting the lid on the tupperware container, and goes "Oh, no, sweetie, that's on upside down... Yeah, that's right. You did it! Connie! She did it herself!". When she gets a compliment on her hair and says, loudly and without prompting "OH, thank you!". When, after a massive poop accident she thanks me for wiping up the mess ("Oh, no, it's *not* all right, thank you for cleaning the poo-poo!" - that's another discussion the two of us need to have, really. I don't like her having accidents, but I'm not upset about them, and I don't want her to think I am!). When she reads a book to her sister, or holds her hand and helps her walk, or cheers at her for standing unassisted or trying to eat a peach unassisted.
That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.
But I really wanted those root beer floats!
