~A~ ([info]autumn_lilacs) wrote,
@ 2010-01-20 21:20:00
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Schick Chic
My daughter has started sex ed classes this week. From her explanations, they sound very different than the ones they had when I went to school. We've been talking about it alot, and she frequently critiques her instructor's teaching style. I listen and nod, but I mostly think about how much I miss conversations that either start or end with "mommy".

When she's not around, I sigh. Alot.

I let someone talk me into try some sort of anti-wrinkle cream because apparently it is never too early to start worrying about wrinkles? I tried it, and I broke out. Well, I guess it worked. Zits remind me of being a teenager. I feel younger already.

I looked up an old "diary" entry from when the kids were small, and she hadn't gone off to public school yet and was still innocent and uncorrupted.

I'm in the shower for exactly 4.5 seconds when there is another knock at the door. "Mommy, can we have cookies for breakfast?" My daughter is four years old and I have answered this question no less than 847 times. I'll have to look in her baby book, but I'm pretty sure that her first complete sentence involved cookies and breakfast.

Does it make me a bad mother if I said yes so that I could shave both of my legs at the same time? Today was supposed to be right leg day, but....


Time flies, people.

P.S. At the time of this writing, I have two smooth legs. JSYK.



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[info]leavingslowly
2010-01-21 02:36 am UTC (link)
I can remember when I was in 5th grade we were given an early "sex ed" discussion, and the teacher started it by saying, "now, kids, you need to understand that s-e-x is NATURAL. Everyone does it. Even your GRANDPARENTS."

Never, ever, have I forgotten that class.

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-21 02:47 am UTC (link)
LOL!! OMG, I guess you wouldn't forget that.

My grandparents had twin beds and at one point (maybe four years old) I operated under the assumption that babies came from married people sharing the same bed. However, my grandparents had six kids. So one day, during some big family event, I asked my grandfather how he and grandma had six kids when they didn't even sleep in the same bed.

He was fairly traumatized.

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[info]kimmer1227
2010-01-21 02:48 am UTC (link)
When you're a Grandma, you'll say Yes to the cookies for breakfast. Then you'll cry 'cos you'll remember when your daughter used to ask you that question. It's the circle of cookie life.

*hugs*

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-21 02:53 am UTC (link)
Ha, and she'll probably be mad because I let them eat refined sugar as a meal!! I like that, the circle of cookie life. :-)

*hugs back*

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[info]mrstotten
2010-01-21 08:32 am UTC (link)
stop scaring me!!!! they stay young forever Dammit!!!! :P

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-21 12:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh, sure they do. I was just kidding. :-)

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[info]cowboyangel
2010-01-21 01:04 pm UTC (link)
Can't they stay young forever? Sex ed classes, oy. If you need a break from the conversations, maybe you can still distract her with cookies :) I remember when my little buddy was one and followed me around my classroom. Now he can't wait to be ten and wants a cell phone. Time flies, sigh.

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-21 07:12 pm UTC (link)
Sad thing is that she's grown up enough that she knows she can distract her mother with cookies....

It does go way too fast! But maybe when he gets his shiny cell, he'll send you a txt once in a while :-)

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[info]meesasometimes
2010-01-21 01:43 pm UTC (link)
This post just pinged my heart. My only child started HS this year and it's been just the beginning of the end. I have been sooo pathetically nostalgic. I mean I took him to Disney Land like that could keep him young forever. I made tomato soup for lunch yesterday (snowday) and said this used to be your favorite (he looked at me like I was crazy). One day this summer he was taller than me. If I make him turn off Halo and play HungryHungryHippos, I'm sure he'll draw the line.

Time is an evil mistress! and I am jealous of your leg situation.

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-21 07:24 pm UTC (link)
Ooooo....Disneyland! Hey that might work! ;)

I am not looking forward to high school, or them getting taller than me at all. Actually, just thinking about it makes me nervous. Funny you mentioned Hungry Hippos, we just went through the game closet and I finally got rid of Candy Land, Whack A Mole, and a bunch of other games from forever ago.

Your son likes Halo? They used to play it here, but now they're all into some new game. I can't think of the name of it, but it's kind of new and they have guns. Which describes a hundred Xbox games probably, but I'm Xbox illiterate.

Oh, and nice to meet you! :)

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[info]nachekana
2010-01-21 08:45 pm UTC (link)
eh, sex ed. I think they taught us one hour about that when I was a 12. I think your daughter might know more about it than me, now.

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-24 01:20 am UTC (link)
She better not!

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[info]rebekahfair
2010-01-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)
Awwwwwwwwwwww. Wifey. I'm sorry you're missing when you had little babies. But... well, you have more freedom now since they don't need you every SECOND! And isn't it nice to have two shaved legs? I'm sure Hubby appreciates that!

<3 you!

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[info]autumn_lilacs
2010-01-24 01:21 am UTC (link)
It is nice to have two matching, shaved legs. :D But I still miss teeny baby clothes.

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