This post is a blast from the past that had me smiling when I ran across it recently. I thought it would be fun to share again.
The other day the kids and I were sitting at the dining room table eating lunch when the following conversation took place:
Logan: Buuuurp! Wow, I need to go to the burping doctors.
Notice no “excuse me” and we’ve been working hard on it too, but I admit I was off my game this time.
Logan again: Kora needs to go to the hiccupping doctors and I need to go to the yawning doctors too.
Tired Mom Tésa: I need to go to the tired doctors.
Kora: Yeah, Mommy. You are always tired You should go to the sleepy doctors.
Tired Mom Tésa: I know I’m always tired.
Sigh.
Kora: Well, Mommy. If you wouldn’t stay up all night watching tv and if you would not get up and exercise in the morning before I get up and if you would take a nap in the afternoon like me and Logan, you wouldn’t be tired!
Tired Mom Tésa: You’re right. I do need to get to bed earlier. I don’t stay up all night watching tv (well, not all night), but going to bed earlier is a great idea and a nap sounds good too. Thank you.
Kora: I know Mommy, I will tell you what time you should go to bed and get up so you won’t be tired. You should go to bed at 4 at night and get up at 10 in the morning and then have a nap too. I think if you do that, you won’t be sleepy any more.
I love Kora’s plan but I’d probably be tired from getting too much sleep! Is that even possible, I’ll have to give her idea a try and get back to you. If you don’t hear from me in a couple of days, don’t worry I’ll just be following Doctor Kora’s orders.
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The other day Kora was looking at one of our wedding pictures and this conversation occurred:
Kora: Wow, Mommy. You were a beautiful princess when you got wedding-ed.
Tired Mom Tésa: Thank you. I think you mean a beautiful bride when I got married.
Kora: Yep. That’s what I said.
Pause while I was washing dishes and she was looking at the picture.
Kora: Mommy, the next time you get wedding-ed can you make sure I’m there? I know you got married before I was born-ed, but next time can you do it again so I can see how beautiful you are.
Awww!
Tired Mom Tésa: Well, honey most people usually only have one wedding and usually it’s before they have kids. So Mommy and Daddy got married once and we won’t do it again.
Pause while Kora gives me the cutest, saddest puppy complete with downturned mouth and tears in her eyes.
Tired Mom Tésa: Welllll (think, think think!)…One day you can get married and have a wedding all of your own! Won’t that be fun?!
Whew! Her face went from hound-dog to Christmas morning.
Kora: I can’t wait to be a beautiful dride (bride) and get wedding-ed!
Tired Mom Tésa: I know, won’t that be fun?! Oh, and I think you mean bride and married.
Kora: Yep, that’s what I said. Won’t I be beautiful?
Said complete with a few dainty spins across the kitchen.
Tired Mom Tésa: You are beautiful and you will be a gorgeous bride. Who do you think you’d marry?
Kora: Ummm…Oh, I know! I would marry my best friend Logan.
Note: She couldn’t have been more adorable while saying this, she posed like she was in a movie or something too – hands clasped by her face, big smile, head to the side – similar to this:
Where does she learn this stuff?
Tired Mom Tésa: Welll…actually people don’t marry their brothers and sisters. Who else would you pick?
Kora: Umm..I think I would pick my best friend Logan again.
And off she went, having had enough of this conversation she jumped her way through the dining room to play with her best friend Logan.
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