I’m getting ready for the day and Grae comes into the bathroom needing help with her hair just as I’ve dotted tinted moisturizer all over my face…
Mama: Hi Grae! How do I look?
Gracen: Mama, not nice! (*insert furrowed brow and downturned mouth here*) Why do you have hummus all over your face???
Oh goodness, I adore our girl.
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After tucking Miss G into bed tonight, she begins calling for us. Brad goes in to see what she wants…
Gracen: Papa, I want Mama.
Papa: But Papa’s here.
Gracen: I like Papa and I like Mama. Sometimes I want Papa and sometimes I want Mama.
Papa: And right now you want Mama?
Gracen: Yes.
Papa: (knowing this will continue until I come) Okay.
Gracen: I want you on Thursday.
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Softly, with her forehead resting against mine…
After discovering a pair of my ‘party’ shoes that get far too little play…
After a couple of discussions about why we were not going to take our shoes off at the playground…
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While having a little snuggle in G’s bed after her nap today…
Gracen: Mama, can I please have a baby sister?
Mama: Maybe one day, baby girl. Would you like to have a baby sister?
Gracen: Yes. I would play with her. And I would share with her. And I would craft with her – little itty bitty crafties. And I would sleep with her. And I would eat treats with her!
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This afternoon, after her nap…
Gracen: Mama, I have a yittle baby in my tummy.
Mama: Oh really? Is it a little girl or a little boy?
Gracen: It’s a yittle girl.
Mama. Oh. Does she have a name yet?
Gracen: Yes. It’s Zahlyn.
Mama: Do you know when she might come out of your tummy?
Gracen: Yes. On her birthday.
Touché, sweet girl, touché.
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(showing them the impromptu drawing she did of the butterfly life stages) ‘Yook, chrysalises. Yook what I made for you.’
‘Hello, yittle chrysalises! Yook, I’m a butterfly just like you’re going to be!’
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Early this morning while cuddling in bed, Miss G was browsing one of my yearbooks from while I was teaching in Kuwait. She found my class’ page topped with my photo and asked…
Gracen: You are in your classroom here, Mama?
Mama: Yup.
Gracen: Where is Papa?
Mama: He’s in his classroom on the other side of campus.
Gracen: So we had a little babysitter for Grae, ya?
Mama: Well no, Love. You weren’t born yet.
Gracen: So actually I was just zero???
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While down at the beach today, G begins to attempt crawling across the busy path…
Mama: Grae, let’s not crawl across the path please. Let’s walk.
Grae: What ’cause?
Mama: Well, because there are a lot of people walking and biking past and the cement is hard and rough. You’d probably make holes in the knees of your leggings.
Gracen: And then I no have knees anymore? I just have my knee’s skeletons?
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Grae’s ability to communicate, express herself, and carry on thoughtful conversations is absolutely exploding right now. Not a day goes by where I’m not flabbergasted by the amusing things she comes up with and the connections she’s able to make. Here are a few quotes from today…
Mama, a mouse has a very, very small skeleton because it’s sooooo tiny, and a giraffe has a really, really GIANT skeleton because he’s soooooo big. What has a medium skeleton?
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I love Grandma Sue because her feet are nice. Her toes are painted and I like them.
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Fruits have seeds. Vegetables have no seeds. Chicken doesn’t have seeds, but it’s NOT a vegetable… So what it is then?!
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(After I told her that I love her) I love you fooooorrrrever, Mama. Because I’m your baby.
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This afternoon as we were snuggling in big girl bed before nap time…
Gracen: (while softly stroking my cheek with the palm of her hand) Mama, your cheeks are just so soft!
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Mama. Papa. Bubba. 