Eva-isms...

so we went out to eat at a small diner nearby our house. (we have the be very selective to find GF options around here! but we were able to narrow down a few places with a few meals -with minor adjustments of course- where we cant eat.) anyhow we're all looking at what we want for dinner off the menus and Eva says "mom look I drew you name".

now she says this a lot actually. usually it's some silly scribble that she is veyr proud of. circles and lines and what not. to which I say "good job! keep practicing!" and she beams with pride. so in auto-pilot-mothering-mode I turned and said "great job....."  no wait! she had written my name! oh my goodnes!

right in front of her on the scribble paper menu thingy they give in classy restaurants like local diners where the letters:

M O M

yep. mom.

she remembered from last week when I told her how to spell it. (she aska  billion times a day how to spell all sorts of words, but as she's still learning what letters are what this rarely goes anywhere. she just enjoys asking!)

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she just said to me as I type this...

"mom, I really really want this peice of chocolate" *big sigh*

and she was so cute I said "ok you can have it".

"for real, mom? are you sure?"  (long pause of disbelief)

"mom, can I really have it? are you only kidding? Can I really put it in my mouth and eat it???"

"yes, honey, I said it was fine. go ahead, eat it (just don't make me regret it!)"

and she smiles this mischeivious smile and puts it in her mouth in pure childhood delight.

So exactly how bad a mom am I that b/c I SO rarely allow my kids candy that they stare in disbelief when I grant them permission to eat it?

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ok one more Eva-ism b/c I don't want to forget it....

(I'm terribly long winded, so forgive how long the pre-story is to this tiny little story)

Eva is very curious about things other people do that she (or our family) don't do.... and vice versa.

in our house we don't celebrate halloween. she wants to know why. I could go into the theological arguments of why we have decided against it (which btw aren't b/c "it started as a pagan holiday"... but that it a WHOLE other post) but she was 3 after all. simple is better sometimes. a lot of the times actually - evenw ith adults.

so I just explained that some people celebrate different holidays. in our house we don't celebrate halloween, but the neighbors do. it's fine what they do, but we don't. that's all. (I'm not trying to build an anti-halloween army here...)

so she thinks about this and is settled. she asks about a few more holidays and what not. she asks what "jewish" means b/c Sean and I were talking about a jewish friend and chanakah and we explained about it. "why can't we celebrate chanakah?" was of course the next question. I just explained that it wasn't a holiday we celebrated but some of our friends do... so in simple terms I explained the holiday and about the lights. she wanted in on that! (she loves anything candle related - that's a big fascination for her right now)

totally different note - we have a rule in our house. we don't say "stupid". well the kids don't. I slip and do say it sometimes. b/c frankly some things ARE stupid. but.... this too easily becomes a name to call one another and it's hurtful to be called "stupid" by another person - even your little sister so it's a no no in our house. she often reminds me if I slip and use the word stupid to describe my feelings about oh... how the GPS is trying to take us into town some random way with closed roads etc... she's quick to remidn me that "we don't say stupid, mom!"

one day after saying it she says "mom, why does the neighbor call me stupid?". and I say maybe his mom didn't teach him better. and that she should remember how hurtful it feels to be called stupid and not say it back. she thinks very thoguhtfully over this and says:

"or... maybe in their house the celebrate "stupid" but we don't in our house."

I LOVE her logic hahaha