So yesterday was Mother’s Day. The day when mothers everywhere are showered with love and attention for three minutes before getting back to sorting the laundry.
I actually had a good Mother’s Day because I received official confirmation that The 30 Day Shred is producing some results. Caroline’s teacher asked them questions about their moms and then recorded their answers on a piece of paper.
According to Caroline, I am “12 feet tall” and “probably weigh about 30 pounds”, which means I’m approximately the same size as Heidi Klum.
That Jillian Michaels is a miracle worker.
On Friday afternoon, Caroline decided it would be fun to play beauty shop. She pulled out all her makeup and hair accessories and asked me to make her look beautiful. As I delicately brushed some blue glitter eyeshadow on her lids, I marveled at how long her eyelashes are and the smoothness of her olive complexion. I swept her hair off her face and let my hand rest for a minute on her cheek, just taking in all of her five-year-old sweetness and thinking that I couldn’t love her more.
After I finished putting on her lipgloss, it was my turn. She managed to yank out half my hair with the hairbrush and then began to put makeup on me. I closed my eyes and felt her brush my cheeks with blush, coat my eyes with glitter, and then, in a perfect imitation of what I’d done to her, rest her hand on my cheek.
I opened my eyes to see her looking at me so intently. She was taking in every angle of my face as if trying to memorize every line. It took my breath away to realize how closely she watches me, how often she copies what I say or do, and how much we love each other. There is an incredible bond that exists between mothers and daughters.
She held my face in her hands for a few more seconds and gently said, “Mama?”
“Yes, baby?”
“You have a big hair growing out of your chin.”
Perfect.
I guess next time we play beauty shop, I’ll have to get a wax.
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What, no pictures?
You chicken!
Absolutely H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-C-A-L!!!!
Got to love those daughters! I have two, 16 & 22 and they still tell me precious stuff like:
“What’s up with your hair?”
“Did you mean to wear THOSE shoes?”
“Why did you wear THAT?”
Yes, I love my girls because they’re honest and when they say I look presentable I know that I do.
Such typical Caroline fare. I could see it coming a mile away. I love it!
All in a day’s work
http://rachemommy.blogspot.com/2009/02/rare-moments.html
Oh that is just priceless!
And the three minute, back to sorting laundry thing… were you in my house or something? Ha ha ha!
I’ve never actually spit all over my computer due to laughing so hard, but this one did it. For whatever reason, this one caught me off guard. Should’ve seen it coming and didn’t… Love it!
Must admit I didn’t see the ending playing out the way it did… but leave it to you to totally crack me up within the last two lines
. Wish someone could have snapped a picture of Caroline putting makeup on you and doing your hair and vice versa… those photos would have been priceless!
That is funny!! My son said something kinda like that when he was 3…he was brushing my hair gently and suddenly pulled some up and shockingly said, “Mommy! You’ve got BLACK hair under there!!” “Yes, baby, I had (naturally) blond hair until I got pregnant with you. Thanks for noticing I need to get my roots done.” ha!
I managed to cray and laugh at the same time over this post!
Gina
I managed to cry and laugh at the same time on today’s post!
Oh, oh, I love it!! My 3 year old told her preschool teacher that she was going to get me “newspaper” for Mother’s Day. (???!) We definitely do the beauty shop here too, but with plastic “make-ups.”
That is SO not fair! Humbling, yes. But still not fair.
Thanks for this – it made me (and my own chin hair) laugh out loud!
Enjoy the wacky comments and quiet times too. As Mom of 4 grown daughters let me just say that you a raising your future best friend.
That is sweet and funny at the same time! Enjoy this time.
Precious little stinker!
Totally, brutally honest, aren’t they? Motherhood, the joy and pain of that one word all rolled into one!
When my 26 YOD was in pre-school her teacher did the same Mother’s Day card. Her answers were 17 feet tall and 28 pounds. The next sentence: My mom is happy when she is skinny. I was one happy mom!
You are a highlight of my day (no pressure!)
ROFL!
Kids are just amazing…
-FringeGirl
Priceless! They do keep us humble, don’t they? LOL
Yes. Well. my daughter (in her TWENTIES!) would not allow my to walk into Old Navy with her until she had used the tweezers on my handy-dandy pocket knife to pluck a hair form my chin. She plucked me right out in front of the store!
You totally had me teary eyed until the hair in the chin comment!
I love this post. Beautiful.
I kind of shared one of these momments with my Granmother when I was little except she had spider webs up her nose!
mad skills were honed on my barbie styling head…
I don’t think I have ever commented, but I just had to this time. I almost fell out of my seat laughing. I so enjoy your blog. You are one year ahead of me in the raising a girl department so it is almost like a peek into the scary future!
That’s it, I’m going to go buy myself a copy of The Shred.
And God love little kids…they say the darnest things!!
Ha! I went from almost in tears to laughing so hard! Funny & Sweet!
okay big Mama, this post made me snort. Hilarious. I love the honesty of children.
Happy Mother’s day to you.
I absolutely love this post. It truly captures the sweetness, funniness, and craziness of being a mom!
ohmystars!! warn me before you let a zinger like that fly!! i’m whiping coffee off of my computer screen right now. that was absolutely precious and hilarious. ohmystars!!
what a preciously perfect mother’s day.
i celebrated with a baccalaureate and a graduation party for my sweet daughter. i’d love to play beauty parlor with her. it would be the highlight of my year.
You know, I haven’t been feeling well. I am kind of bummed about my husband being out of town and sort of feeling sorry for myself so I sat down here to read some blogs.
Then I found you.
Then I laughed my head off. Seriously,I was holding my side and crying with laughter.
Thank you!
hahahha!!!!!!!! awesome!
my sone at age 12 announced at the thanksgiving dinner table that i had a long hair growing out of my chin. of course at that moment no one was talking and everyone was chewing. it was a moment to remember.
That’s fabulous. May I just say that you inspired me to order the 30 Day Shred video and after one day my quads are hurling curses at both Jillian and myself….and I was only using a large candle and a small container of medium salsa in lieu of handweights! Salsa which I popped open and consumed post workout, naturally.
ok that made me laugh out loud a bit….but first, it made me cry…it sometimes scares me that I am influencing my precious only daughter like it or not knowing or not knowing…poor girl!
Well at least you know she is always COMPLETELY honest with you!
Now that I have read this delightful story and had my nightly guffaw, I can sleep.
Classic.
Now that your secret is out, I’m thrilled to not be “the only” one. Been plucking a few wild hairs for quite a while.
Now maybe I’ll think of this story instead of the three pigs and the hair on their chinny, chin chin.
GUFFAW, GUFFAW, GUFFAW!
so funny. Love it. Thank you for the laugh, after a long couple of weeks… now I can sleep
Hysterical. Oh, and the hair on the chin thing, only gets worse as you get older.
I can totally tell how excited you are now!
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