Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A Recipe for Pushing Mommy's Buttons by Harper Kay Arrant


Harper,

You are a gem. You make me giggle and laugh multiple times a day. You are sweet and cuddly with a shot of feisty and mean. For these reasons (and a few others) I hope one day you have a daughter exactly.like.you. The following is a list of things that I hope your kid does to you one day. And when you tell me these things, full of exasperation, you will please excuse the smirks, giggles and all out laughter.

Mommy's Top 15 List of Reasons I Hope Your Daughter is Identical To You

15) Has a sense of adventure and a love of acrobatics (but no training) that repeatedly forces you to swallow your heart back down after a near miss with the corner of the coffee table - 20 times a day

14) Refuses to work on potty training - unless you are at Wal-Mart in the check out line with $200 worth of groceries and an infant in your basket

13) Locks you out of every room in the house multiple times a day

12) Tells you, no less than twice a week, that she is poopy.....37 seconds after being buckled into the car seat

11) finds stray hairs wrapped around her pacifier and forces you to remove them (this will only mean anything to you if you share my same "hair in mouth" phobia)

10) repeatedly takes her shoes off in the car. after.every.stop

9) tells you she hungry for 40 minutes solid without ever taking a breath

8) refuses to tell you what she wants to eat after said 40 minutes

7) decides on a sandwich

6) only to change her mind after the bread is out and covered in peanut butter

5) cries and tells you to "go away" when you make her eat it anyway

4) reveals, once again, a surprise in her pants only after you call the family to dinner

3) has a lovey that she can never ever find yet NEEDS it every second of every minute that it is missing

2) has an addiction to milk that costs $7/gallon

And the number 1 reason I hope you have a daughter just like you is:
This phrase "Mommy, I wove you so much!"
You are a keeper, Harper Kay - through all the trying times, there is nothing in this world like a good laugh from you!

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