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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

She Ain't Heavy, She's My Daughter

There are many days when I look at my kids and find myself jealous of them.

They have an almost complete lack of responsibility. Outside of my nine year old daughter's homework and some very minimal chores at home, these children don't have much on their daily list of things to accomplish.

They have energy I can only dream about. Oh wait, I don't sleep. That's another thing. They snooze right through the night. Every night.

They skip, climb trees, and swing. Life is fun.

The other day my Mom was visiting, and she asked how much my daughter weighs. I replied, "Sixty-one pounds."

And I added "Not Ashamed of Their Weight" to my list of jealousies, when my daughter piped in, "Don't forget the point four!"

Labels: Getting Old, Kids, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 8:28 AM

Comments:

Oh - the days when we were glad to add up our age and our weight. Rounding up.

And now, we round down and it still sucks.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

# posted by

Amy : April 22, 2008 at 9:37 AM

So true isn't it? I am totally jealous of my kids. I took for granted being a kid when I was a kid...

# posted by

Anonymous : April 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM

Yeh, but kids HAVE to do what their parents say at the end of the day. I think I'd rather be an adult. lol. Maybe. I need to think about this. No, I'd rather just be a college kid...with my parents paying for college. Freedom and few responsibilities...wouldn't that be nice?

# posted by

Ashley : April 22, 2008 at 10:02 AM

It always has to be precise with kids... lol

# posted by

eeore : April 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM

she weighs about the same as my right leg. from the knee down.

bless her youthfulnessesness.

# posted by

Martin : April 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM

It's interesting how many hangups we develop over the years, things that would never have occurred to us (nor would have cared about) as kids.

# posted by

Paul : April 22, 2008 at 10:40 AM

Or when someone asks you how old they are and you say three but they hear you and interject .. "Ma.. I am three and a half.." LOL

# posted by

Anonymous : April 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM

lol That's funny. She's just got to rub it in.

I wrote a post on my similar jealousy of my kids: Age is wasted on the elderly

Your daughter weighs as much as my guilt over not being super-buff at my age while it's still so easy. I need to start bench-pressing both my kids duct-taped to a chair, or something.

On the other hand, she also weighs about as much as both my kids put together-- you can tell her that to start her complex early!

# posted by

LiteralDan : April 22, 2008 at 10:47 AM

I sure miss those days. Now I'm just twice the man I used to be.

# posted by

Anonymous : April 22, 2008 at 10:56 AM

sigh. I'd love to be that excited about my weight.

# posted by

Caroline C. Bingham : April 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Oh the good ole days....Now, I don't tell anyone my number...None of their business...As a matter of fact, I don't even really know the number...

Only my doctor knows for sure.

# posted by

The Laundress : April 22, 2008 at 11:20 AM

Ahhhh...youth is wasted on the young--I never thought I would say that ;)

# posted by

Miss Lisa : April 22, 2008 at 11:43 AM

what makes me really sad is that there are girls who start obsessing about their weight in gradeschool...

# posted by

Misty : April 22, 2008 at 12:03 PM

yep...you're right. Their day's comin' *L*

# posted by

Birdie : April 22, 2008 at 1:53 PM

My kids adjust the scale to start at 20 before they stand on it so the weigh more. Always wishing they were bigger than they are.

# posted by

Heather : April 22, 2008 at 2:20 PM

Yep, kids are so annoying. ;)
Yay for the not having weight issues though. I so hope my kids stay that way.

# posted by

Jo Beaufoix : April 22, 2008 at 5:50 PM

I love this! Princess weighed herself at Monkey's last appt and at 4 1/2 she weighs 47.6 pounds and couldn't be prouder, she also loves to have us look at how big her tummy gets after she eats :-) LOL. Love those kids and their brilliant innocence.

# posted by

Rachel : April 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM

Wow, it won't last long, that not caring about their weight thing. My daughter (14) was just bragging about how much weight she lost on her trip to Florida (5 days) and that she had to pin her capri's to keep them from falling off her.

# posted by

Heather : April 22, 2008 at 8:46 PM

I feel that way about my twins every day. They go to school for 4 hours, come home, play, watch a little TV, then go to bed and do it all over again.

I could live like that. I really could.

# posted by

Michael C : April 22, 2008 at 9:28 PM

I love that age when kids keep rounding stuff up, weight, height, age...

# posted by

Tara R. : April 22, 2008 at 9:46 PM

Man, if we could harness a kids energy we would never complain about gas prices again.

Your daughter's youthful exuberance is adorable.

# posted by

Ed (zoesdad) : April 22, 2008 at 10:41 PM

Ed nailed it. That 'point four' comment is priceless. Metaphoric for the condition which is being a kid. Awesome.

# posted by

Joeprah : April 23, 2008 at 1:48 AM

61.4! Oh, to be a kid. An awesome kid at that!

# posted by

Laski : April 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM

HAHA!! Oh to be 61.4 pounds again!
I prefer to round down, as far as I possibly can!

# posted by

chefmom : April 23, 2008 at 9:34 AM

To me, ".4" means I can round DOWN! LOL!

# posted by

Anonymous : April 23, 2008 at 11:24 AM

Wow ... I think I was 61 lbs when I was 5 or 6!! Seriously. I remember my friend and I weighing ourselves and I said something along the lines of, "Ha-ha! I weigh more than you do," in a nyeah-nyeah way, bc he was about 40 lbs. He replied, "Well that just means you're FAT."

He shut me UP! :)

# posted by

Anonymous : April 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM

I miss the days of having no responsibilities too. Especially around the holidays. When you're a kid you get to relax and just enjoy the family and festivities. When you're the mom you got to plan the festivities, make the festivities and clean up the festivities!

# posted by

Desiree Eaglin : April 23, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Har! Enjoy it while it lasts, kid....

# posted by

Maureen : April 23, 2008 at 12:59 PM

Yes, but they're also really comfortable running around outside without pants, and I don't know if I need to return to that innocence.

You're so good at capturing these little snippets of what makes them so cute at their various ages. What a great collection of things to have for when they start saying "you're an idiot!"

# posted by

Ok, Where Was I? : April 23, 2008 at 1:56 PM

everything after the "point" is always the most important.

# posted by

Dapoppins : April 23, 2008 at 2:37 PM

Awww...cute!

# posted by

Melisa Wells : April 23, 2008 at 3:43 PM

I am jealous of my kids for having a great mom! :)

I look at it this way: we all had our chance already. It just went by too fast, and yet, I wouldn't want to relive my childhood, would you??

# posted by

Anonymous : April 23, 2008 at 5:25 PM

Id love to be 6 again.......

# posted by

Anonymous : April 23, 2008 at 5:42 PM

POINT FOUR!!! That is great. I will never add a "point anything" to my weight or age.

I agree, somedays the innocence and lack of responsibility seems so appealing, but then I think about pimples, frizzy hair, and jr. high and I am thrilled to be an adult! Thanks for stopping by my blog;)

# posted by

LittlePaintedPolkaDots : April 23, 2008 at 8:30 PM

My dog weighs more than your daughter! Our sweet Annie is a whopping 80lbs.

Your daughter is adorable, and it's so nice when they don't care how much they weigh or develop insecurities about it. Savor this stage...and freeze it!!

# posted by

Rhea : April 23, 2008 at 8:35 PM

Kids SUCK.

# posted by

María : April 23, 2008 at 8:47 PM

.4
That's adorable.

Clever, clever girl.
;-)

# posted by

Anonymous : April 23, 2008 at 10:13 PM

Fantastic! We should all learn from her.

Thanks for visiting my humble blog today. I am so honored to have momofali over for a visit, but I hadn't cleaned up the place. I have been behind in my blogging due to visting with my real life parents in the flesh. and enjoying temperatures that allow for my knees to show!!!

My son's cast IS waterproof!

Hallelujah!

KEEP BELIEVING

# posted by

Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING : April 23, 2008 at 10:43 PM

Just enough to get her out of having to use a booster seat in some states--that 1.4 above 60 is important at that age!

# posted by

Anonymous : April 24, 2008 at 12:04 AM

I feel the same way about my teenage babysitters. They are beautiful, thin, have no bills to pay and have plenty of money to spend on themselves! So after I pay them and bid them farewell, I have to resist the urge to scratch their eyes out!

# posted by

Anonymous : April 24, 2008 at 9:10 AM

Love. love. love. this.

# posted by

Texasholly : April 24, 2008 at 9:24 AM

How funny. Yes, it does seem they have it incredibly easy.

# posted by

Lizz @ Yes, and So is My Heart : April 24, 2008 at 3:01 PM

Not only are they not ashamed of their weight, they are downright THRILLED when they gain weight. Now I'm jealous, too.

Great post! :)

# posted by

Anonymous : April 24, 2008 at 4:27 PM

I was saying to a friend to day that I felt bad I'm always nagging my daughter at night to brush teeth and go potty. She put me in my place. "BRUSHING TEETH AND GOING POTTY DOES NOT MAKE FOR SUCH A TOUGH LIFE!"
So true. If that's all I had to do, I'd be a lot less stressed out~!

# posted by

Candace : April 25, 2008 at 10:05 PM

totally love it. kids have must-be-exactism. and it is TIRING having discussions with the 8 year olds, yes? i mean they have a memory like a steel trap!! jeeeez!

# posted by

holly : April 28, 2008 at 7:27 PM

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