Before kids, Mr Sir and I would laugh about kids running into the middle of a room like a banshee, dancing the Elaine dance, then running out. I always pictured the kid to be a little boy.
I have little girls. I never expected my little girls to be banshees.
Until Claire.
We have two kinds of kids. The gifted, anxious, shy, well-mannered little 4-year-old girl, and then there’s Claire. She’s, well… Claire.
Anna is the easy one to describe. To label. To understand.
Claire is, well… Claire.
Claire will literally run in circles through the kitchen and living room until she gets too tired then runs the other way to unwind.
Claire will play for HOURS with her babies sending them to school, to time out, to Granma’s house, speaking to them like a little Mama.
Claire will take 30 seconds to decide on which color cup she wants, then undecide and cry over her undecision. Then decide on the original cup.
Claire will change her clean panties 3 times a day. She will demand to wear a specific shirt that doesn’t match a specific skirt, then change her mind an hour later.
Claire will be corrected for a minor MINOR problem, pout her lip out, and demand a kiss.
Claire will grow up too soon being a girlie girl, yet she HATES any type of grooming, especially having her hair combed.
When you ask how the girls are, and we say, “Claire is Claire,” take us at our word.
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She is going to be so much fun as a teenager. Seriously, it’s going to be great.
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“Claire will take 30 seconds to decide on which color cup she wants, then undecide and cry over her undecision. Then decide on the original cup.”
Oh baby…I feel ya there!
Love it…
Colleen – Mommy Always Winss last blog post..I really just want to bitch and whine, but I won’t.
at least i know i’m not alone
I have one of those…we call her Ella-Belle. She lives in Ella-Belle’s world.
We were getting ready to leave for school one morning and she was waiting patiently by the front door, and all of a sudden she said, “I can’t take it anymore!” and started running up and down the hallway. Her favorite word is ‘Nipple’ and conversation topic is ‘Poop’. She won’t leave the house with out her lip gloss. I want to live in Ella-Belle’s world too!
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claire definitely lives in the center of Claire World
I have one of those children too and we always say “Peyton is Peyton”. She marches to her own drum (hell I think she has her own band!!
These are the children that always keep you guessing, but secretly wanting more!!!
exactly – hard to predict
Oh Angie, how lucky for you that you are raising a miniature version of her Aunt Chrissy. All I have to say is good luck when she is a teenager! I was loads of fun!! God I love your kids!
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oh dear sweet baby jeebus – i can only hope she is 20% of the teenager you were…
Kids like that – they’re like a pinball machine game and you – you’re the flipper. All you have to do is jump out there and bounce her back into the game, once in a while – then sit back and watch her run up the score – and as long as you’re in the game – as long as you’re vigilant and on the ball – her score could amount to ANYTHING!
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so wordy… what was that?
Miss Peach is right there with her. Running, no hair combing…on her own page:)
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i’m pretty sure claire will have her own library
You have beautiful girls! It makes life interesting to be a little eccentric.
she just adds to the eccentricity of kiddos
AUGH so cute. So cute.
I wonder if my boys would tolerate wearing dresses. Just like once or twice? -_-
I need some goddaughters or neices or something.
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you can hope he’s a cross-dresser
Your Claire sounds exactly like my Carter.
Maybe they will marry and have crazy children of their own.
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That’s me! And I turned out OK…right? I think? Oh, ask my mom, she’ll tell ya all about it.
In any case, these girls are 3 and 4. Do they really need labels already? And haven’t you heard that the second one has no choice but to be whatever the first one isn’t?
I know you loves ‘em both, and anyone who isn’t Claire’s mom will tell you how awesome she is if you ever need reminding!
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Is she an Aries by any chance? sounds so much like my now almost 16 yr old daughter it isn’t funny, Hated hair to be combed so much as a toddler that we had to keep it short.
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