First love letter

Here it is, PJ’s first love letter. She wanted to send it via Chinese Lantern.

The roll of papers all say the same thing.

I think she loves him 30 times the number of papers in the paper roll.

We decided together that maybe it wasn’t the right time to give it to him yet.

Like by about 20 years.

Little but mighty #7

Dear PJ,

Your Grandfather and I were sitting on a bench last week watching you and your brothers play.  He said to me, “Wow, she is so big for five.”  I said, “Well, she is big for five, because she is 7!”  And then we both sat, talking about how on earth it could be that you are going to be seven.

And again, in a blur we are turning the page on another year.

This year, you have actually gotten a little bit taller.  You have gotten bunches cuter, having lost 7 teeth almost all at the same time just makes you even more beautiful.   You have gotten incredibly funny, so much so that now your teachers are keenly aware of your antics and let us know about it.  And just yesterday, one of your classmates stopped me to ask if I was the mom of “that really funny girl.”

This year, you have found some bumps in the road with school but you have shown us that you can hunker down, try even harder and come through the other side even stronger and with more confidence.  You like doing well, you like seeing 100% at the top of  your work each day and you are willing to work hard to get there.  You have a little bit of driven in your belly, fancy that.

This year, you have once again won my heart.  On our first ever Mother – Daughter day I relished our time spent together.  It’s not often that it is just you and I, there is usually a boy hang’n around.  I feel so lucky to have you as a daughter and to be able to share special time with just you.

You make me think, you make me laugh, you make me thankful that I am blessed with such a wonderful child.

I can only imagine the dragons you will slay this year and most of all, I can’t wait to watch.

Happy 7th birthday!

I love you girl.

Love,

Mom

F YOU

PJ came home from school today and told me some kids have been using the F-word.  I asked her what happened, who was saying it and if she did anything about it.

She gave me the blow by blow and then said they went to tell their teacher but that she didn’t do anything about it.

The problem…the teacher doesn’t seem to know the F-word.  She speaks Chinese and they don’t seem to have that one in China.

Happy Easter

May this day find your heart singing, your belly full and your mouth filled with most of your teeth.

Still Funny

This dramatic episode was brought to you by the Chinese Immersion girls.

Thanks for reliving it Whit.

I pulled it out before the bus came

Oh thank God.

I couldn’t look at that thing one more day.

Tooth update…

It is STILL THERE and you can now see the underside of the blasted thing when she smiles it at you.

The Dangler

This…this type of dangling tooth, whenever I see it makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

Hopefully she’ll get kicked in the face again.   Like on Friday in Kung Fu when she got tagged by a foot in the mouth and lost that bottom dangler.

It must go.

Speaking of Birthdays…

A little birthday wish to Mrs. Bickerson today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

And a little birthday story for you.

PJ was at a puppy birthday party for her friend Megan this past weekend.  When I came to pick her up, Ellen (her mom), told me that PJ did not want to have any of the delicious chocolate birthday cake that she had made.

Ellen already knew from past experience that PJ is not a big fan of desserts or chocolate for that matter.  So she asked her, when at birthday parties what would you like to have for a treat?

PJ’s response, “avacodos!”

Metaphors

PJ walked outside this morning into the brisk cold, looked all around at the freshly fallen several inches of snow and said, “It looks like the whole world is covered in vanilla ice cream.”