Happy Mother’s Day: Everyday conversations with my 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son
i.
Good morning!
Love you.
Love you, too.
Love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much.
ii.
Make sure you brush your hair.
Did you brush your hair?
Gimme the hair brush.
No, I’m not doing it too hard.
You don’t know what too hard is.
You are very beautiful today.
iii.
Do you need to go to the potty?
Did you flush?
Did you wash your hands?
Did you flush?
Wait a minute, your pants are on backwards!
You are very handsome today.
iv.
Both of you: Get your shoes.
Where are your shoes?
What’s up with your shoes?
Tie your shoes. Put on your shoes.
Wait a minute, your shoes are on backwards!
v.
Everybody in the car.
Everybody in the car NOW.
Choppity-chop-chop.
I’m going to count to three:
One, two, two-and-a-half, chop …
Be a good girl.
Be a good boy.
Love you.
Love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much.
vi.
How was school?
Did anybody bite you?
Who spit on you?
What was your snack?
You did the monkey bars? Good for you!
So, how was school?
Did you learn anything?
Math? Spelling? Anything?
No, don’t worry about the rainforest.
You did the monkey bars, too? Good for you!
vii.
No, you cannot check your e-mail now.
I said no.
No, you cannot play Super Smash Brothers now.
No.
Nope.
Negative.
Oh-nay.
Don’t make me repeat myself.
I said: Don’t make me repeat myself.
Didn’t I just say don’t make me repeat myself?
***
viii.
Who’s there?
Banana who?
Who’s there?
Banana who?
Who’s there?
Banana who?
HAHAHAHAHA.
Again?
Who’s there?
Banana who?
Who’s there?
Banana who?
Who’s there?
Banana who?
HAHAHAHAHA.
No, not again!
***
ix.
Hey, come downstairs. It’s time to eat.
Did you wash your hands?
Now, go back upstairs and dry your hands.
What, did you get lost? Get back down here.
It’s time to eat!
Eat the carrot.
Eat more carrots.
Ice cream?
Not until you finish your carrots.
I’ll get you your milk.
Just don’t spill the milk.
Make sure you don’t spill the—
Get the paper towels.
***
x.
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Amen.
Nighty-night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite.
See you in the morning!
Love you.
Love you, too.
Love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
We’re going to wake mom now. Then later we’ll call the grandmas.
Happy Mothers Day to all the moms and grandmoms out there. I pray you all have a blessed day.
Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms!!!!
My three-year old says this joke. You can’t put a price on this sort of thing. It’s priceless.
/s/
José
Happy Mothers Day Michelle and all the moms out there!
Your kids couldn’t have picked a better mom.
Happy Mother’s day to all moms and g-moms here. Also, a big thank you and happy mother’s day to all the moms serving in our military. Stay safe and God bless.
L
I still don’t know how all of this is going to help Michelle Obama’s children, but…Happy Mother’s Day to all!
xoxoxo
and
Sounds like an average day in our house,too, except I’d have to add this daily exchange with my 1-year-old:
No, don’t take your shirt off…
No, you’re going to stretch it, stop…
Come here, let’s put your shirt back on…
No, don’t pull your ponytail down…
Come here, let’s put your hair back up…
Happy Mothers’ Day to Michelle and all our mothers here.
At our house we have a one year old and it’s an amazing ride. Life is good.
Happy Mothers Day MM
*sighs*
My kids are 19 and almost 16.
I’m just “The Wallet” now.
Oh, and Happy Mother’s Day, ladies.
I did get my ex-wife a generic card, and I wrote the following in it.
Over the years you’ve been many things to me.
A Friend.
A Companion.
A Lover.
A Wife.
But what I can never thank you enough for is the two wonderful sons you gave me.
Hey, I’m 17 and I made breakfast this morning. French toast on French bread, with bacon and apples. Is wery good — especially for it being the first time I’ve ever made French toast.
Happy Mother’s day from the ajmontanas’
Good for you!!! Everyone should know how to cook! Bestest skill ever
Happy Mothers Dat Michelle. May your day be filled with happiness , love and joy.
Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers on here and around the world. May God bless you all.
Happy Mother’s Day to Michelle and all the wonderful Mothers out there.
Happy Mother’s Day ladies!
I quote the great philosopher Curly Howard when I say;
It will be a family gathering with the men taking care of food and clean up, which means pizza and greek salads on paper plates, but we’ll be all together!!
They say, “Warriors beget warriors” and I doubt there’s many people among us who didn’t have a strong patriotic mother guiding, encouraging, making us laugh, disciplining and protecting us.
They took us to practice and checked our homework – they showed us how important it was to share or help a friend or shield a little guy from a danger. Moms set examples for us – we learned more by watching them handle a situation than any school book. And when it comes to first aid – nothing matched a mother’s hug.
I think the word mom means love. Happy Mothers Day to all our moms and especially to all our Military Moms – thank you for all you’ve done for us.
Happy Mothers Day, Michelle.
Very sweet posting.
Happy Mothers’ Day, Michelle. And, Happy Mothers’ Day to all moms who visit this site. We had our family gathering yesterday, and this dad here did all the cooking. It was a wonderful time.
Happy Mother’s Day y’all. Guys remember that you made them mommys and that a happy wife means a happy life. Yes, it’s your job to make them feel like a queen. Not just today but everyday. Why? Because you love them!
God bless all the mothers today.
Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Happy Mother’s Day
LOL, too cute, Happy Mommy day.
My Mother deserves a lot from me, I was such a pain in the a$$. I look back and I’m surprised she didn’t drown me like a cat. Anyway she’s the best person in the world!
Somewhere along the way, I found that I no longer have a daughter, but I’m now the dad of a college student. Not much different from being “The Wallet”
Awww… Happy Mother’s Day! A great shout out goes to all moms- the unsung heroes- who wash dishes, play games, clean bedrooms, fix hair, wipe away tears, patch up boo-boos, listen to broken heart stories, take their daughters shopping… the list goes on and on. We love and appreciate every one of you.
Awwww! That made me a little sniffly. Happy Mother’s Day to you, Michelle, and to all the Moms here. I’d be absolutely lost without mine.
I love the close-ups of soldiers and athletes when they know they are on camera, they always say “Hi mom, love you!” It’s as if we dad’s weren’t there sometimes. I used to be jealous, but as I got older I realized that truly there is a bond between mother and son or daughter that is stronger and deeper than dads. God made it that way and that is a good thing. Moms make the world go round and a better world. God bless moms. Have a happy mother’s day. Mom we love you, have a nice day.
Happy Mothers Day Mrs.Malkin.
That was wonderful what you wrote, entertaining and heartfelt.
Happy Mothers Day Michelle!
Hope the kids didn’t mess up the kitchen too badly making you breakfast (or that Daddy Malkin cleaned it up before you saw it).
Happy Mother’s Day.
This brings back such memories Michelle. The kids grow up fast. Enjoy this time with them.
Happy Mother’s Day, Moms!!!
May God Bless and Keep You All!
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle, and to all the Mother’s that read this post. Those of us that are blessed with a great Mom probably do not always appreciate how lucky we are.
Michelle, the comments about “do you need to go potty?” made me grin and laugh. I have a 2 year old who is in the middle of potty training right now; I never thought that going to the bathroom would bring me such excitement! I think my daughter gets a big kick out of my wife and I getting so excited everytime she does a potty, or maybe she just likes the M&M’s she gets!
Happy Mother’s Day, Ms. Malkin, and Happy Mother’s Day to everyone on this blog that is a mom. Your day of recognition is well deserved; enjoy it!
Happy Mother’s Day to mothers everywhere and especially those whose loved ones are in harms way. The years fly by quickly, so cherish each day. /s/Great-grandmother of 4-1/3
Here’s a conversation that took place today between my 3 year old baby girl and the waiter at Chilis :
Waiter : “Would you like something to drink?”
3 year old : “HMMMMMMMMM”
Me : “What would you like? Chocolate milk?”
3 year old : “HMMMMMMM”
Me : “You love chocolate milk, how about that?”
3 year old to the waiter: “I’ll have Sprite. I like Sprite. It makes me burp, but I don’t mind.”
It made my day! Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day, Michelle. Your kids are in good hands.
Happy Mother’s Day to you, Michelle, and to all the other mothers that read this blog too! I just got off the phone with my mom and I’m waiting for our daughters to call to wish my wife the same!
I have a 17 yo, 15 yo, and 9 yo. I’m not just a “wallet”, now I’m apparently that old lady that “So has no clue”.
I don’t know when I lost the “clues” or if I never had them, but I hear about it all the time now. Preceeded by a long drawn out “Gawd, Mooommmm”. So today, knock on wood, I’m hoping to not hear about my lacking of clues and how totally different kids today have it then I did way back in the 80’s. Cuz, like you know, it was like totally different back in the stone ages dude, u know?! Kidz today r like so totally beastie. You know? (Except, I’m pretty sure she sounds as completely stupid as I did, and she’s an honor student. How does that happen?)
Nothings greater than making her watch some stupid 80’s movie/TV show re-run and watch her laugh at the fashion and the way they speak and she’s wearing the same stuff and speaking the same. Pot meet kettle?? HELLO??? I have started a journal of all of this. Video and written. When she comes to me about her children some day, I will share it. It will be my comedy relief in my old age. A very Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms..those with and those without clues.
Wow, Bush must be using the FBI and CIA to listen in to our whole house! And he is giving the tapes to Michelle!
Are you allowed to say “chop-chop?” Isn’t that like Rosie O saying “ching chong ching chong ching chong?” Are the liberal word police watching too?
“Do you need to go to the potty?
Did you flush?
Did you wash your hands?
Did you flush?
Wait a minute, your pants are on backwards!”
Sounds just like something my wife and I say often around our place with our four year old son!
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle and to all moms!
HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY!
Happy Mothers Day!
I guess everyone who’s celebrating Mothers’ Day today was at one time pro-Life?
If you had or have a mother who was, thank her.
OK, typical husband – but what about the kids?
Happy Mother’s day to all the moms and grands. My mom passed away several years ago, but I still wish her a Happy Mother’s day each year. My son and I got my wife a piece of pottery and took her out to breakfast this morning. We must never forget the moms.
Happy Mother’s Day to all this Pentecost Sunday.
May God Continue to Bless America and all who defend her.
I never knew my mother. Thank you for letting me share. It’s a GOOD day today!
Hey that’s cute! I’m sure it is rewarding to see the kids grow and learn. Anyway, Happy Mother’s Day! Thanks for bringing us into your home.
This is the difference between children raised in loving, normal homes and those who are not.
Michelle, Happy Mother’s Day, be thankful that you have these things.
#51, Your mother would be very proud of you.
L
That’s beautiful, Mrs. Malkin!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle!
Happy Mother’s Day to my favorite politico! I work the daycare at Mass, and most of the kids are too young for ‘knock knock’ jokes. But the older ones I know all learn “Boo.” “Boo who?” “Don’t cry!”
And the younger ones learn to eat goldfish to the tune of Jaws! “Do do do do do do WAAHHH!”
Before church this morning:
Me: Eat your breakfast.
Daughter (age 4): It’s okay if I don’t, because my teacher always has snacks in Sunday School.
*sigh*
Happy Mother’s Day, Michelle!
I have a 14 y.o. son who lives with my ex-husband.
He “graduates” from 8th grade on the 22nd. Alex has a female admirer that I am sooooo looking forward to meeting.Bwahahahaha.
He lives with dad ’cause I’m under 5.3 and his step-dad is 5.4.
Alex is almost 5.10
Nuff said.
Btw-years ago there was a book out about surviving teenagers. Its’ title was something like: “I hate you and I want you to get out of my life-but before you do could you take me and Jennifer to the mall.”
LOL
I am very blessed to have two wonderful daughters–Rachel and Mary. Thank you, God.
Verrry sweet, Michelle. What a great diversion from the world Christ tells us to be in, but not of. Mom turned 75 last monday. Every day is a gift. Happy Mothers day to you and all blogmoms!!
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle and to all the RIGHT mothers!
Ah Michelle, how delightful! Not having children leaves a void for us on days like this but I filled it last night with the 4 neices and brandnew nephew! God Bless you and your family Michelle, Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Our 1st (a girl) is due in 12 days. So, we celebrated Mother-To-Be day in our house.
Sounds like you have a great family, Michelle.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone!
Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one having the same conversations with my three, ages 7 and 4 (twins).
Thank you Michelle for helping us remember the feelings of love, laughter and delight in watching children grow. I see moms that frown and act more immature than their children. I want to step up and tell them how short these beautiful days are. You’ll never have to write a journal, your sharing of these memories will serve as your tribute to them. You deserve a wonderful day, God bless and keep you.
I got to have my very first Mother’s Day as a mom today! Yay! So Girl Baby and I went to my mom’s house and we all had Mother’s Day together.
When I was a kid, we all got sick of the banana knock-knock joke, so we changed it:
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Orange
Orange who?
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Orange
Orange who?
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Orange
Orange who?
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Banana
Banana who?
Banana you glad I didn’t say orange?
…well, it’s hilarious if you’re 7…
Enjoy these days… before long they’ll be asking for the keys to the car… and then getting married.
Jim C
Happy Mother’s Day to all. Mrs. BSR and I are fortunate to have five (three adopted from China) and they love their mom very very much
God bless you Michelle, for all you do.
BSR
Happy Mom’s Day!
Reminds me of this great shirt that pretty much says it all
I hope all you Moms had as blessed a day as I have had!
Michelle, God bless you and your adorable children and their daddy!
That was/is PRICELESS!
[Still crying!]
Doug Giles (Townhall.com) has some advice for Moms with kids…
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/10/teach_your_kid_how_to_sense_bs?page=1
My daughters are 13 and 14, they are amazing and beautiful. I just spent a little time watching some old videos of when they were little…I cried. Time is rushing by, enjoy every minute with your kids. Happy Mother’s Day.
Those little punishments say the darndest things!
That was very cute Michelle. My almost five year old son is autistic. He doesn’t talk unless it’s absolutely necessary. However, he is very affectionate, and just loves a big hug and setting in someones lap.
Our almost one year old daughter seems to be, Thank God, normal. She has a ready smile.
Happy Belated Mothers Day to you Michelle, to all of the Mothers posting here, and to all of the Mothers-To-Be.
happy belated Mother’s day!
whoa, your kids go to school with Geraldo’s kids?
Wait till you have grandkids!! They are the neatest, funnest things in the world. I’m a firm believer that the only reason we have kids is so we can have grandkids and I got 4 of them all under the age of 5 and they are a BLAST!!!
Happy belated Mother’s Day all!
Thanks for the adorable post and happy belated Mother’s Day, Michelle. That was fun, if for no reason than to see the common thread in our family with an 8 and 1/2 yr old boy. I was a little busy playing both roles yesterday, as my son’s mom had to head to work for her airline job just after I got home Sunday AM. Mother’s Day was spent helping my favorite little Thunderbird pilot construct a model black widow spider for a school diorama after church. Fun stuff.
Tre:
Good Morning!
My son and I are both “Aspies”-Aspergers’ Syndrome is at the upper end of the autistic spectrum.
I was diagnosed at 33 (Michelle’s a whole day older than I am.heh.)-and while being aspie has made my life more difficult-at times….it has also given me some of my best traits.I don’t need a cure for my autism-I need acceptance.
I think my teenager feels the same way.
I’m sure your daughter is a terrific little girl.
As for your son, what’s “normal” anyway. He’s unique.
There’s nothing wrong with being unique.
*smile* Barb-aka- the annoying little twerp
I lost my Mom 10 days after my return home on emergency leave from Iraq in 2003.
This is what I delivered as her Eulogy:
I am going to paraphrase a quote by author and businessman Frank Fuller: (Often attributed to Mark Twain)
“When I was a girl of 16, my mother was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have her around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much she had learned in just five years.”
That pretty much describes my tumultuous teenage years with my Mom. I could never understand why she was so tough on us sometimes. When I matured a bit and went through only a fraction of what she did, I understood.
There are so many things I can say. To mention that she had a rough life is an understatement. As a single parent, she raised 7 kids, juggled finances, a home, and endured hardships that would have broken someone half her age. She was a fighter; strong willed and stubborn. She never took no for an answer. When doctors told her for six years that it was medically impossible for her to have children….well, I’m living proof of her answer to that one.
When there was no way of doing something, she’d find one anyway.
When she was told that she would never qualify to own a home, she got one. When she found out Christy’s graduating class wouldn’t have caps and gowns for their ceremony, Mom discussed the matter with the school committee in her incomparable way. All of them got caps and gowns. When she dealt with lawyers, doctors, or mechanics, they found out pretty quick that Mom was not a pushover.
Mama was a “do it yourselfer”. She showed us, by example, how to be self sufficient. She would read up on how to upholster furniture, do carpentry, and design things. Then she’d by the material and do it herself.
She was a loving, supportive parent who knew that there were times when she had to get tough with us for our own good. When she used our middle names we knew we were in trouble. When one of us did something and no one fessed up, she’d threaten to spank all of us to get the “right one”. She loved her kids and would often say that we were her life.
She had a keen mind for business and could have easily been the head of a corporation. Mama never graduated from High School. It was a decision she would always regret, and it motivated her to get a GED in 1973 at the age of 42. In 1982, at the age of 51, she graduated Cum Laude from Lorain Business College with a double degree in Accounting. She would tell us repeatedly that even if she had to drag us all the way to school everyday ALL of her kids would graduate. We did.
Mom was so proud of my service in the Army, but she hated the fact that I was often deployed to far away and dangerous places. Going to war was easy. Telling Mom was the hard part. I would always reassure her and tell her not to worry, but she worried about all her kids. When I came home from Desert Storm, she had a huge banner on the front of the house that read: “Welcome home SGT Cheryl McElroy from Operation Desert Storm.” It was quite a neighborhood attraction until we took it down.
My deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom was not unexpected, but still hard for her to take. As stricken as she was with diabetes, cancer, and heart and lung problems, she still worried about me up until the time I walked into her room at the intensive care unit and told her I was home. In retrospect, I think that’s what she waited for.
She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and lifelong loyal friend to a privileged few.
We got our resilience from her. When life threw Mom lemons, she didn’t bother to make lemonade. She was the kind of gal that would pick them up, throw them back, and say: “You’ve got to be kidding.”
Mom used to tell me about a re-occurring dream she had as a kid. She was on an endless road and would struggle to get to the end of it by walking, running, skipping, and even going back and forth in a rocking chair. In her dream, she could never reach the end. I don’t know how she did it, but she finally got there.
If I have turned out to be half the person Mama was, it’s because she instilled character, perseverence, courage in the face of adversity, and a strong love of family. I can still hear her voice and feel the strength of her presence. I have always believed as Mama did, that if you love and care about someone, you tell them while their still around to hear it. I can’t help but believe that she is still here.
I love you mama.
Happy Mother’s Day
#81 Cubbiegal.
Thank you for the kind words. I suppose what I really meant was, I see how hard it is on my wife. She struggles working with him, fighting with his school, and searching out treatments and therapys for him. Almost her every waking moment is spent thinking of him, to the point that she wonders if she’s neglecting our daughter, and I sometimes feel she’s neglecting our relationship.
I love him dearly. But, he can be a struggle sometimes.
Hey, wait a minute. Michelle, have you been evesdropping in my house? These are the EXACT same conversations (and some yelling I admit) that I have wiht my kids everyday. The only thing missing. “Did you wash your hands?…With soap?”
Moms are the best people on earth. So glad I am married to one.
I remember those days! Little kids say the darndest things!
Many years ago, when my kids were 9, 3, and 2, we drove out to CA and stopped and Disneyland on the way to my sister’s wedding. I have to say, diapers for the 2-year-old were MUCH easier than my 3-year-old’s fascination with bathrooms. We must have stopped at every bathroom between here (CO) and CA. It got to where we didn’t know if she really had to go or was just bored and wanted to play in the bathroom. And Disney has automated toilets, sinks, and dryers, a 3-year-old’s playground!
Now I have one out of the house, and 2 high school kids. My daughter is wonderful, a very talented musician and ballet dancer, and told me the other day that I’m her best friend. After the Mother’s Day stuff yesterday, the two of us went shopping for an upcoming trip and had a great time.
My 15-year-old can still be sweet and is still huggable at 6′ 160lbs, but I’m looking forward to after the hormones calm down a bit and he’s human again.
We’re wallet parents, but only for dance, voice, percussion and sports. My kids aren’t into designer clothes and status stuff. It’s a pleasure paying for their interests.