She Has Plans

Generally speaking, R is my little man with a plan. His two favorite phrases are , "Ok, Ev-we-bod-dee, listen to me..." and "I have an idea, you need to..." Lately, however, K seems to be equally busy making plans.

For the last couple of weeks as the children have come to me with their, 'Mommy, I want's, I have reminded them that their birthday is in May and they might want to add that item to their wish list. K quickly picked up on my strategy. Now she frequently says, "I want that so I am going to tell Kate (in her class at preschool) to get it for me," or "That would be a good thing for Marcus to get me. I'll tell Marcus to buy that for my birthday." I can only imagine the wheeling and dealing she must be doing on the playground!

This afternoon as she and I were drawing animals, I was looking at a Pottery Barn Kids catalog for ideas on how to draw simple monkeys, giraffes and alligators. As she looked at our artwork, then at the catalog she said, "Mommy! I have a great idea! We should sell our drawings in a magazine!" What a little entrepreneur.

Then tonight as I was tucking her in, I asked her if she had everything she needed and reminded her that I would not be coming back upstairs.

"Why not?"

"Because Daddy and I are going to rest."

"No, Mama. You are going to watch TV and stay up late. That's what you do."

I couldn't help but giggle! She has it all figured out.

As I was walking back downstairs she called out one last time, "And, Mommy, don't forget to brush your teeth!"

I love that girl!