So Missy May is 9 years old now. She has always been the sweetsest, most compliant little thing. Always willing to help when needed. She has always seemed mature beyond her years, but yet still very innocent and naive. She still plays with Littlest Pet Shop toys and of course American Girl dolls! She'll tell you herself that she is not ready to grow up yet. But she has gotten a bit of sass to her lately!
She was spending the day with one of her many bff's last week. We specifically told her to NOT even ask to spend the night because we had some family plans that she needed to be here for. We also told the bff's parents the same thing...but that's a whole nother story! So Missy May calls an hour after we dropped her off to ask, wait for it, if she could spend the night!! You knew that was coming right:) She proceeded to call several more times throughout the 8 hours that she was there. At that point we had had enough and Andy went to pick her up. She knew he was at the door. And she HID! Poor guy stood outside, in freezing January temps, for over 15 minutes!! Where were bff's parents you may wonder? Again, whole other story there. When Andy Finally got into the house, Maia begged and pleaded--she wanted to know why in the world she COULD NOT stay. Andy said she was relentless. Now this is where the loop comes in. In the car, on the way home, She started crying and asked Andy WHY IN THE WORLD HE HAD WAITED SO LONG TO PICK HER UP!! He was baffled. I think he was stunned into silence.
When they got home he related the whole story to me and I decided I had to know what was going through my girl's precious little head. She admitted that she really really wanted to know WHY she wasn't allowed to spend the night. But, in truth, she really didn't WANT to spend the night. In fact, she was quite upset that we LET her stay as long as we did! But yet, she REALLY REALLY wanted an answer as to why we WOULDN'T let her stay.
When I explained it to Andy he got a kind of confused expression and then that sideways head tilt that says "HUH?!?!?!...I don't get this". So I explained it more in depth. I said "Congratulations Daddy...you have a GIRL!!!".
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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Welcome to the real world of "girls"...it doesn't change much as we grow older. We still are trying to figure out what we want; why we feel the way we do and why we can cry at the drop of a hat!! While all of this is happening, we are very mysterious and keep things exciting! One rule of thumb, Andy, is this: don't even try to figure us out...remember...you have 6 sisters of your own! Much love to you all as you travel the world of a "lady".....MOM
I will pass this along:) Poor guy doesn't have a clue what he's in for! He somehow thinks Maia is going to be completely different than all the other girls on the planet. He says she won't have crushes on cute boys because she'll be too busy doing math and science to notice them:) Obviously, he's living in a dream world!
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