Jan 25 2011
My Mommy
Annada's Christmas dress from Pepe.
No one is a blunt as a 2-year-old. When Annada does not want me around she is clear, “Mommy, go away!” Or, “Mommy, you stay on the carpet.” (A trick I use when I want her to stay away from the stove.) She has no problem telling me, “No mommy. I don’t want to play with you. Don’t touch me. And shut the door.”
At the manatee place Annada wanted to get off the path and into the forest. She told me, “I go mommy. It is okay. You can get another Annada.”
But I can easily wait it out, because when Annada is sweet she is amazing. And most of the time she is “my Annada” as she says.
There are a few Annada-isms that really melt my heart.
– Annada will run up to me while I am laying on the floor (usually after Jazzercise), throw herself into my arms and yell, “My mommy is home! Mommy, you are my mommy!”
– At night Annada loves to give me kisses before bed. Kisses on my hand are bunny kisses (from a Baby Bug story), rubbing noses is an eskimo kiss, fluttering her eyelashes on my cheek is a butterfly kiss and licking (or pretending to) my cheek is a leopard kiss (she saw a leopard clean her baby). She likes to say, “Mommy, kiss my neck! Kiss my cheek! Kiss my knees!” then laugh when I kiss her.
She also likes to nibble. As Annada would say, “Not a bite. Bites hurt. Nibbles are gentle.” She nibbles my nose then says, “Mommy, I take the teeth out!” Then she gives me a little kiss on the nose.
– If I am distracted, Annada will come take my hand and lead me to her toys saying, “Mommy, please play with me.”
– Before bed we have long told her, “God made you. He made you wonderful!” At some point we switched to asking, “Who made you Annada? Who is wonderful?” Annada used to say, “God made me. Annada!” Now she says, “God made me. Mommy is wonderful!”
– Annada likes going grocery shopping. She has figured out that Publix = better food to eat. So when we run out of something she asks to go shopping. She will say, “Annada shop with Mommy!” And if she gets grouchy in the store she will say, “Annada wants to whine! Mommy, we shop together.” (Thank you Meme!)
