A few days ago, Taylor told me she wished her tooth would fall out on its own. This is because she absolutely HATES it when I pull her teeth.{{I don't know how I became the designated tooth puller, but I did.}}
On Friday, her wish came true!! She was entertaining her brothers and kept telling Blake to "bump" into her. Whatever the game was, it was fun...until she came crying to me that Blake bumped her in the face.
At that moment, she screamed and realized her tooth had fallen out! She was absolutely hysterical, at first, mostly in shock that her tooth was gone, but also because it was on the floor and she couldn't find it.
Well, the tooth was found, the tooth fairy came (a day late because he/she was so tired the night before that he/she forgot about the fairy thing), and Taylor was a happy girl!
Also, on Friday was my (I mean, Taylor's) Science Fair. We spent all Thursday night constructing her display board...which she took very seriously and turned out very nice!All of a sudden, I've become my mother. I don't know how it happened, but now I'm the one responsible for creating and doing these things and it's just kind of weird...
Anyway, I was having a "Bad Mom Day" and totally missed the handing out of the awards ceremony thingy at the end of the Science Fair. I arrived right at the end.
My intent was to take pictures of Taylor standing beside her board and somehow I missed the event entirely. I arrived just as they were cleaning up.
When Taylor spotted me she totally looked at me and made a HUGE "Huffy" breath at me and said, "Moooommm!!"
First she was mad because I wasn't there for the awards ceremony.
Second, she was mad because she didn't win the Science Fair.
Third, she was mad because she thought the reason she didn't win the Science Fair is because I picked out the project/experiment.
Fourth, she was mad because she told me I never let her do anything that allows her to win medals.
{{This is where I stopped the conversation}}
Me: "What do you mean I don't ever allow you to do anything to win medals? This is the only thing you've ever done that you could win a medal for."
Taylor: (With a HUGE Huffy Breath again) "Yeah, well, you're the one who picked the project."
Me: "Well, there's always next year!"
I had no idea the Science Fair and winning a medal meant that much to her. Now I know how to negotiate getting chores done...tempt her with a medal?!
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I love your new background. How could the judges not give you a medal? The title alone was good enough "Fun with Gas" I laughed so hard. Anyway, we all have those days. I like the days when I get everything right. Those days seem to be few and far between. For the past three years I have been meaning to take a picture of Turner and now Turner and Matt in front of our Pear Trees in the spring when they are blooming and I missed it again this year. Oh, well.
And so it begins......but thankfully we all have mostly good days. A warning though, when they are teenagers they will quickly remind you or bring up the times you forgot something or something went wrong etc. etc. :D You just smile and remember that some of the time their version of the story is a little warped or that you were doing the best you could do at the time :D
Yeah, take a page from my nerdy kids and have a family science fair. Buy medals at the dollar store and let her win first prize.
What are you gonna do? Our kids get older and we become more and more like our parents. It's weird to think we're responsible for our kids! I mean, I still feel like a kid! You are an adorable mom. And that Taylor is too cute!
So is gas really fun? My experiences with it have proved otherwise...:) I think we all have those fun Mom days and slip in a little late...it builds character in our children, right?
You're super Mom already, so don't feel too bad. And I must agree with Carol...your new background is GOLD medal for sure!
Oh, yuck. Sounds like our first graders have something in common! Mine was reacting the same way when she didn't get the part she wanted in the school musical. Blucky....
Yikes! Jerome went through a time like that in kindergarten. He wanted the help but thought all the help I offered was dumb. He cried when I help and cried more when I stopped. I quickly turned everything over to Scott. I just couldn't handle it. I am glad that phase is over.
Taylor...that's so funny! I guess NOT winning a medal is sometimes the best lesson. I think it's funny that it's YOUR fault, though. Ha ha! That first picture of her is really cute.
Everything Taylor said was so funny. Did she complain about the Tooth Fairy, too? I remember the Tooth Fairy forgetting me once, too.
Seriously, when did we become our moms? And does being the mom look as easy to our kids as it did to us when our moms were doing it? Everytime I'm overstressed and feeling like my bucket is completely empty and wondering how I can continue to give and make it to the end of the day I wonder, "how did my mom make this look so easy and stay in such a good mood all the time?" My mom tells me that it wasn't so and to not beat myself up too much - kids are resilient. I guess she's nicely trying to tell me to take a chill pill. I guess having my kids see how I deal with my own shortcomings will maybe help them deal with their own disappointments later? You are a wonderful mother, Kimberly. And our kids will realize this when they are parents themselves, right? :)
I LOVE your new background!!!
It is so hard to let loose and let them do there own thing...I've had to work really hard at that with Annie! In the end she always has WAY more creative ideas than I do. Your science project looks FANTASTIC!! My mom always asked me what grade she got on my reports:)
It is SOO CRAZY that WE are the mom's now, huh?!
Wow, I can't wait for them to assign my kids projects in the first grade. Doesn't that basically equate to assigning the parent a project? I didn't have to do those kinds of things until at least 5th grade. Taylor's logic made me laugh. She is so adorable. You need to help me change my background someday. Yours is so cute and mine is blah. Every time I try to make a change it takes me like 5 hours and then I end up going back to what I had because I can't get a feature to work anymore.
Kimberly, you are so cute and patient with your very emotional daughter. I think you are the VERY BEST!!!
Are you remembering any of those times I said that someday you'd have a daughter just like you? Well........ Actually I don't remember being told I never let you do things where you could win a medal. Priceless!!
Oh My Gosh! Taylor sounds just like Megan! That is so funny. I know I've had some very similar conversations with Megan. I've learned that my job is to make sure she understands what kinds of things she can pick from, then get the heck out of the way already. Only takes once huh? :) Too funny.
Looks pretty great to me, Taylor! :)
Isn't it great to be a parent?? I know I always blamed stuff on my parents when I was young.
Love Taylor's new smile, it was so cute in person when we were chatting on the video.
Megan often stops what she is doing to say, "I am turning into my mom."
I don't know how a project reading "Fun with Gas" would ever lose.
Kids are awesome! (most of the time)
Kelly Z
I am also the designated tooth puller/science project dooer/ bad mom of the year award winner:) Funny how we beat ourselves up and feel really bad and then the kids can't help but turn the knife a little. The best tooth moment we have is when Meg was little like 6 and we were playing frisbee I threw it to/at her and she took it right in the front tooth. Knocked the left front tooth right out! She cried and then laughed...it was great no drama!
Kimberly,
Love you blog! How funny!! We laugh out loud reading about your adventure of the science fair project. What a hoot!! Love Pat
It's good to know that the tooth fairy has been a day late for someone else too. :) Somehow not being the only one keeps me from feeling like such a bad mom.
We miss you guys- Ally loves when you post Taylor pictures.
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