Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Loving It

The other night it was just me and the girls driving to go pick up ML.  My E. started asking all sorts of fun questions and I absolutely enjoyed it.  We were next to a motorcycle that had a guy and girl on it.  

E. wanted to know if she could ride on the back of her boyfriends motorcycle - that was a quick NO.  
She started talking about where she would work while in college - she wants to work at the mall and G. wants to work at Toys R Us.  
She wanted to know how old she would be when we got her a cell phone - I said 16, ML said 13-14.  
She asked at what age we would buy her a chihuahua - I told her 16, but then if she is going off to college then she would have to wait because mommy and daddy won't want to take care of it :).

Just some fun, silly questions, that were obviously important to her.  Through it, I felt like a new chapter of my mommy book was opened and I was finding a completely new way to connect with My E.  I have been thinking about the moment of the conversation and it completely makes me smile and I am excited as to what the future holds.  Even though I am still deal with toddler hood, a new stage has opened.

This stage will be a great learning period for me and an enormous teaching time. My E. is starting to form her own opinions and thoughts.  I must use this opportunity to impress our family values and Christian principles.  We will never get this time back and I must use it wisely.  I so look forward to more conversations with my girls.

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