My little girl will be 6 years old in 14 days. And every day she asks me "How many days until my birthday?" Every. day.
She knows she will be six yet her age varies with her mood. For example she was playing with her dolls yesterday and said she was their mom and she'd taken Sophie (her doll) to the Pink Poodle (a hair salon in St. Joe that caters to little girls) because it was her birthday. Sophie turned 6. When I asked Flynn how old she was, since she was Sophie's mom, she replied, "Eighteen."
Which just about gave me a heart attack.
Other days Flynn's content to be five for the time being and she doesn't want to be six.
I know exactly how she feels. Some days I don't want to be 40, but I am. I just can't help it, especially since my birthday was last Monday and I said "Adios, 30's, it was nice knowing you."
So.
It's become something of a tradition for me to make a mix disc for birthday party favors and Flynn and I have been mulling over the choices for her upcoming party, one of which is Loudon Wainwright III's "Daughter" from the Knocked Up soundtrack (I haven't seen the movie, but love the music from it).
After hearing this song, Flynn asked "Can you do that Mommy? Can you get me everything I want for my birthday like the daddy in the song did?"
Uh, no.
But I wish I could pull down the moon for my daughter.
She knows she will be six yet her age varies with her mood. For example she was playing with her dolls yesterday and said she was their mom and she'd taken Sophie (her doll) to the Pink Poodle (a hair salon in St. Joe that caters to little girls) because it was her birthday. Sophie turned 6. When I asked Flynn how old she was, since she was Sophie's mom, she replied, "Eighteen."
Which just about gave me a heart attack.
Other days Flynn's content to be five for the time being and she doesn't want to be six.
I know exactly how she feels. Some days I don't want to be 40, but I am. I just can't help it, especially since my birthday was last Monday and I said "Adios, 30's, it was nice knowing you."
So.
It's become something of a tradition for me to make a mix disc for birthday party favors and Flynn and I have been mulling over the choices for her upcoming party, one of which is Loudon Wainwright III's "Daughter" from the Knocked Up soundtrack (I haven't seen the movie, but love the music from it).
After hearing this song, Flynn asked "Can you do that Mommy? Can you get me everything I want for my birthday like the daddy in the song did?"
Uh, no.
But I wish I could pull down the moon for my daughter.
2 comments:
MT asks me "how old am I today" everyday. Mr. Lavender Lemonade suggested that I figure out how many days old she is and tell her the next number each day. I'm a little (or a lot) lazy haven't worked up to all that yet :)
And I'm with Flynn, I wanna still be 5
oh she's so great. thanks for the song - i sent to my beau who has a daughter too. =)
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