kendra may: my mom mom

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

We have this hilarious book that we love to read. It's called Skippy Jon Jones and it's about a cat who wants to be everything but a cat. His mom is always telling him to appreciate that he is a cat and "not a goose or a moose, or a bat or a rat. You are a siamese cat." Anyway, that could be a whole nother spiel I could give about appreciating who you really are, but that's not the point of this post. Whenever the mom comes into the picture, Evelyn points to Skippy's mom and says "Cat mom mom." Then without fail she puts her finger to my chest and says "my mom mom."

This obviously has no real long-lasting significance to her, but to me - the mom of two, who is always sensitive its ridiculous - just having her acknowledge that "hey, that's that cat's mom and you're my mom!"does me in every time. I'm sure there will come a day not too distant when she won't be so quick and joyful to rest her finger on my chest and proudly say "you're my mom mom" because little girls grow up, right? Well when that day comes Evelyn, you best know that I will force you to still wear that "I heart mum" tee even if it fits as a leg warmer at that point just to remind you that there was a day when you loved me infinitely :) But I will always be proud to be your mama, Evy Rae. Gosh darn, girl, I could look at your pretty picture all day. STOOOOPPP GROWWINGG!!

12 comments:

Life HappensNovember 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Oh, so sweet! I have a few little wooden pigs that I collected and Matthew discovered them and was playing with them and I told him to be careful with 'mommy's pigs'. He was spending the day with daddy over the weekend and was playing with the pigs and pointed to one and said 'mommy'. He kept calling the pig 'mommy' and finally said 'mommy's'. He was trying to tell daddy that those were mommy's pigs. Not calling mommy a pig.

We got a good laugh out of it.
LaynahNovember 6, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Adorable! I think I could stare at her pretty picture all day too, she's perfect! And I love your taste in bows :)
MarjorieNovember 6, 2012 at 11:39 AM
My kids love that book too! I think it's because our last name is Jones ;)
UnknownNovember 6, 2012 at 1:13 PM
So adorable! Hilarious idea about making the leg warmers for her. Don't let her grow up too quickly!
KatieNovember 6, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Awww, I love this! Also, I clearly need to get on board with the Skippy Jon sensation -- I think Maile would love the rhythm and rhymes.
crissy // mama bossNovember 6, 2012 at 2:41 PM
this one makes me smile :)
HannahNovember 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM
@mama boss
me too. love that story!!
sonyaNovember 6, 2012 at 5:18 PM
aww this is so sweet. I wish my little guy always called me mama. sometimes he calls me dada and sometimes he calls me baby. it's a work in progress over here. =)
ShaunaNovember 7, 2012 at 1:20 AM
So cute Kendra, you tell her! She will wear that shirt even if it only fits on her little finger!!! I love the picture of her, it's so cute. I love her eyes.

By the way, I am blogging everyday!!!!! For November blog month, hope you see some of my posts. It's fun to do once a year.

I'm glad you weathered the storm well...take great care,

Shauna xoxoxoxxo
Amanda KNovember 8, 2012 at 5:08 AM
Awww so darn sweet! (and the photo too, she looks adorable).
AlyssaNovember 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM
This is so sweet! Absolutely precious.
MycharmingcolorsNovember 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM
Oh Kendra your such a good mom I bet Evelyn will always think of you as her mom mom <3
Judah does this with me when I read to him the book called Stinky Face (the mom and the boy look like Judah and I)