Humility

There is nothing that brings humility more than having a daughter.
Especially a fashion forward, worried about makeup and looks, just turned 5 years old.
She apparently comes by this naturally, not from me, but through the hubs side of the family. On his maternal side, one aunt is the nails, cloths, and shoes type and the other aunt was a model in her younger years and even in her 80's she is still very style conscience. And then there is my hubs, who worked for years as a glamour photog. My daughter got every one of their style, art, fashion, and make-up genes.
My daughter found shoes at a young age. On a trip to Fl. for a wedding when she was a year, she had more shoes than I did! At 14 months in a bridal store my daughter found the shoes AND they were low enough that she could get to them!
Back to humility though.
Standard comments from my little girl run the form of "you're fat mommy", "you need make-up mommy", "what's that on your lip mommy? It pokes me when you kiss me" (need to wax the upper lip again), "don't wear that mommy", ect. Of course I remind her that it's not nice to say those things and she apologizes as only a little girl can.
Yet she can raise the ego also. With comments like "you look beautiful", "that's perfect", "I like when you wear those shoes", "we match!", and "I Love You Mommy" ~ the best one of the bunch!
All these comments can come in the span of half an hour. Talk about a bipolar half hour. LOL. It wears me out sometimes. Taking her shopping is exhausting and not something that I like to do often. She even tries to shop for me. I wonder if she'll be a professional shopper.
I don't want to give the wrong idea though, she can and loves to play in mud and dirt and is just at home playing cars as dolls. At a recent peewee rodeo event she was outside playing with trucks in the dirt, the only girl in a crowd of boys.
Oh my darling, complicated, silly, sweet girl. The years that we have ahead of us, I can't wait to hear what will come out of her mouth next.

My littlest is 5 and I can't seem to grasp it!

It's been a little over two weeks since my baby turned five. Five, such a big age. No longer a baby but a big girl now. Five is an awesome milestone for kids. Five means kindergarten and new friends, school buses and reading.
This summer is a bittersweet time for me. My little girl is just that a little girl and is showing all the independence that goes along. Yet she still wants mommy to cuddle her in bed at bedtime. Then she rolls over to go to sleep, telling me "I just need a cool space mommy. Is that ok?" She wants to run across the driveway every morning to see grandma, safer than it sounds as it's our driveway between the two houses. Yet doesn't want to go upstairs if the lights off.
She's the youngest and our last. I want to savor each moment of her years, we won't be going through them again, but she wants to rush forward like a train rushing on the tracks. Eager to find out what's next.

My middle Padawan

My Middle Padawan Mr. BB may not make it into Apprentice stage. In the last week, he has climbed up the outside of the 2 story wooden play structure at the park, tried to climb up the outside of our house, and decided that I just have to take him to the skate park in the next town over to ride his skateboard, of course lets just forget the fact that he can't ride it on a perfectly straight sidewalk in town.
I am not sure where he gets this intense need to be doing something all the time. He had it from the start. He never crawled or scooted. But at 8 months and 3 days he... ready for this.... RAN. And hasn't stopped since. We thought we were ready for it but we weren't. I dread taking him to a state or national park. I don't really want to see him climbing a mountain when I take my eye of him. LOL.
We got him into sheep riding, he vacillated a year, then when he was a little past 5 he told me, "don't you remember, I want to ride sheep again. I said I'd do it when I was 5 and I wouldn't be scared!" Ha.
He wasn't kidding.
This year not only is he riding sheep. He's started exhibitioning in calf riding also. He seems to like it. I will have you know I am one of the few moms who can hang a sheep rope and I'm learning how to hang a calf rope. I still can't quite figure out the damn knot, and I'm terrified to take it out of the rope at home, because I won't be able to get it back in.
BB plays soccer also, during the city league. His coach asked him to play travel league this last year but with the sheep/calf rides and the traveling we just couldn't travel anymore. Well I guess we could, but I gotta work sometime.
BB is also in Kajukenbo. We had to take a break due to money for awhile but he is back and going strong. He really likes it. It keeps him busy.
After all this you'd think he'd fall asleep into bed.
Nooooo.
Sometimes I have to plead, cajole, and threaten him to go to sleep.
He is not technically considered ADD or ADHD as he can focus in school an so far his grades are good. He is just out of first grade though. He doesn't want to home school, as he likes the arts program at the school. He was in the talent show this year and in Kinder he was a flying monkey and a munchkin.
I am not sure how we are going to make it in his teen years. Frankly the thought of BB driving scares me to death. And I have 9 years until that happens. I am not sure if the need for speed and thrills will get worse or better or stay the same.
Until then we will just keep him moving, moving, moving. All the time and see if that will help.