Yesterday I went to my friend Anne's to pick up a replacement phone (thanks Anne for saving me a bunch of $$$!), and Kate came with me. When we got there, she immediately told Anne that she was hungry. Anne's a good sport, so she offered up a banana. That didn't do it for Kate, so then Anne gave her an orange. Kate ate both. At this point, I'm getting a little embarrassed, especially since Kate never finishes anything at home, and Anne's a good enough friend that she knows this. I told her, "I promise, I am not starving my kid." Kate was still hungry, so then she polished off a peanut butter sandwich. Still hungry. So then Anne gave Kate a fortune cookie. This was a whole new awesome world for Kate. A delicious cookie that can tell the future? She ate three or four and was so thrilled with the tiny slips of paper and the fortunes. Later that day, we went to the store, and I bought another box of fortune cookies so we could have some at home.
Tonight, Anne and her husband, Chris, came to dinner, and so I broke out the fortune cookies at dessert time. Kiki went ape for the cookies. She was screaming at Anne (translation: Please open this cookie IMMEDIATELY) and Anne was hurrying to get it out of the plastic. It was touch and go for a minute there. Ironically, Kiki's fortune was: You will soon form a charming new friendship. Anne and I laughed, thinking clearly it wasn't with her!! The friendship, that is.
I have said quite a bit about my silly Maggie, but I should really also say that Kate has been such a sweet girl lately. Age 4 got off to a rough start for us, but the spring has been so good. She has been so loving and helpful. She says things like, "You are my best mommy ever!" and "Will you be my mommy forever?" It's quite a switch from the winter when she was telling me how large my derrière was. And it WAS larger then, so I guess that's just honesty. Also an endearing quality, really.
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Kate is so sweet. I would like for our children to spend more time together so that sweetness will rub off on my Bennett. He has been telling me -repeatedly- that I am the meanest Mom ever. And maybe he's right. I am a little irritable these days, as you and I discussed. SO, maybe it's that I need to hang out with YOU more so that I can learn some nice Mommy skills and stop being such a grump.
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