Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Morning Routine
In an effort to keep the blog more up-to-date, I'm going to try and post entries first thing in the morning (wish me luck).
This was an interesting morning; Anna and Nora had a slight battle. As background, about 8 months ago Anna decided she did not want to be pretty, she wants to be cool. Part of being cool is not wearing skirts or dresses. Of course, this just breaks Nora's heart, her beautiful girl doesn't want to wear pretty outfits. Generally speaking we've honored Anna's dressing desires, usually a family portrait will be the exception.
This morning Nora thought she would try a tennis skirt on Anna -after all, its just shorts underneath with a skirt wraparound, right? Anna didn't think so. Now, I'll admit, Anna looked terrific. She actually looked like a little fashion model, but man, did she hate it. There was much wailing, crying and gnashing of teeth. Nora was trying to explain, rationally, that they're just shorts. The problem is that at four, Anna's not rationale. Ultimately, Anna was changed into shorts. I tried to diplomatically weigh in on Anna's side, I figure whatever she, or Pierce, want to wear is OK with me as long as its weather appropriate and not unsafe. But I may buy Nora some flowers so that she can feel better about stepping away from this battle.
Now Pierce, quite the different story this morning. He clipped his little portable radio to his pants and listened to NPR while reading a book. Nora and I have no idea why he didn't turn to a music station, but he was perfectly content with the news. The kicker? NPR is having its Spring pledge drive this week. All they did was talk about becoming a member and pledging.
Sometime you have to laugh.
-Eric (Dad)
This was an interesting morning; Anna and Nora had a slight battle. As background, about 8 months ago Anna decided she did not want to be pretty, she wants to be cool. Part of being cool is not wearing skirts or dresses. Of course, this just breaks Nora's heart, her beautiful girl doesn't want to wear pretty outfits. Generally speaking we've honored Anna's dressing desires, usually a family portrait will be the exception.
This morning Nora thought she would try a tennis skirt on Anna -after all, its just shorts underneath with a skirt wraparound, right? Anna didn't think so. Now, I'll admit, Anna looked terrific. She actually looked like a little fashion model, but man, did she hate it. There was much wailing, crying and gnashing of teeth. Nora was trying to explain, rationally, that they're just shorts. The problem is that at four, Anna's not rationale. Ultimately, Anna was changed into shorts. I tried to diplomatically weigh in on Anna's side, I figure whatever she, or Pierce, want to wear is OK with me as long as its weather appropriate and not unsafe. But I may buy Nora some flowers so that she can feel better about stepping away from this battle.
Now Pierce, quite the different story this morning. He clipped his little portable radio to his pants and listened to NPR while reading a book. Nora and I have no idea why he didn't turn to a music station, but he was perfectly content with the news. The kicker? NPR is having its Spring pledge drive this week. All they did was talk about becoming a member and pledging.
Sometime you have to laugh.
-Eric (Dad)
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