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February 4, 2003
I'm in a slump!
I don't know how many times I've sat in front of this stupid computer, promising that I was going to do a new entry and then let myself get sidetracked. It's hard to write an entry when your life is as boring as mine. I mean there is a TON of stuff going on here, but nothing note worthy, so I'm going to try and then just let you be the judge.
For Kimmi's birthday party we celebrated with her friends at Chuck E. Cheese and the noise level had to be worse than a couple of fighter jets doing touch and goes on an aircraft carrier. She got a lot of cool gifts, including two, yes TWO Brain Operation games, remember Operation from our younger years?? Same thing, except you pull things out of his brain ~ kinda cool. A doll house with an actual ringing doorbell that causes the dog to bark (it's Mackenna's favorite thing) it's driving me nutty and then last but certainly not least, a couple of barbies.
Let me tell you, by the time that Mackenna gets into the whole barbie scene, we should have enough barbies to make an entire marching band, complete with carpool. At this point we currently have in the motor pool: a red convertible with a power roof; a white jeep; a purple corvette; a motorcycle and now a pink Minivan. How many dang cars does Barbie need?? I was such a Tomboy, I never had a barbie (my brothers would have blown her up I'm sure), but it's hard to get used to this whole barbie pink scene!
Mackenna has eight teeth and is currently working on a molar, she's having a ROUGH time. It breaks my heart because she is such a sweetheart and NEVER cries, but this is really kicking her butt. She loves the freezer chews and popsicles, so I've been giving them to her a lot, hey by the time you get to your third little one, you finally figure out that it's okay to give them crap for a couple of days if it gets them through it (whatever it may be) and she certainly won't die from malnutrition!! I've been chomping at the bit to get her pictures taken and have been since New Year's Eve, but she has a rash all over her chin from teething and it just looks so raw that I want to wait until it clears up a little more first.
We are still remodeling Kimmi's room, but are
definitely in the home stretch. I decided against replacing the window seat with oak and decided instead to pad and cover it. We picked out yellow fabric to match the bedding and I put it all together in just under an hour. It was so easy!! I sprayed tacky adhesive to the top of the wood plank, placed carpet pad on the adhesive and cut around the edges of the board (the bench is 5 foot long). Next I used Twin bed sized batting and folded it in half then half again, wrapped it under the bottom of the board and stapled it, then doubled the fabric and tucked it under the bottom of the board and stapled that under. It looks so cute, we put it in the window and Kimmi has tested it out several times! LOL!
Then we get to Lexi, cute, sweet little Lexi, who knows WAY too much about human sexuality. OMG!!! I recently had Jury Duty and while I was excused, I learned enough about the case to determine that it dealt with a sexual assault against a minor child. This bothered me on several levels, not just as a human, but as a mother and particularly as a mother of girls. Some of the initial questions dealt with the information that our society may force on children at a young age due to television, movies, etc. It intrigued me enough to find out what Lexi knew at almost 8, not only did I want to know what she knew, but where she learned it from. I almost wish I could take it back. The conversation went something like this:
Hey Lex, can I talk to you for a second?
Sure Mommy hang on ~ okay,
Lex I want to talk to you about something and it might be embarrassing, but that's okay, sometimes we have to talk about things that make us uncomfortable to learn things.
Ohhhhkay.
Can you tell me what you know about sex?
No, not really.
Why, because you don't know, or because you don't want to talk about it?
Because it's embarrassing.
Okay, I can understand that honey, but I think that it's something that we need to discuss. I want to know what you know about sex.
Well, when I asked you before if hugging and kissing were sex you said yes (she was 5 at that time).
I know, do you think that's what sex is?
Nope
(Here's where I can feel it coming!) Okay honey, tell me what you think that sex is then.
(If you are feeling weak, please sit down ~ I wish I would have!) It's when a man takes his penis (she used correct language) and puts it in a woman's vagina and then his sperm goes to her egg and it divides and divides again and makes a baby.
I was making scrambled eggs for Lexi and Mackenna at this point and trying to keep from falling over. Thank heaven I was holding on to the counter! I took a deep breath and said wow Lex, where did you get all this information (all the while thinking she would NEVER play with that friend again). She looks at me a little embarrassed and says:
Do you know that book you bought about how to talk to your kids about sex?
I answered yes and then she goes on to say
Well I found it and read it. (At this point I'm sighing in relief!)
Wow, all the information that you read is right honey, do you want to talk about anything or ask me anything??
Not really, it's GROSSSSSS she said
(Without laughing) I explain that once she's older and in love and wants to have a baby blah, blah, blah............
She asks me, so you and dad had to do this four times? I look at her and say, yep honey we did. She looks me in the eyes, places her hand on mine and says, I'm sorry mom!!!
Who in the world could resist loving a kid like that???
I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have introduced human sexuality at such a young age, but I know that she's not getting bad information and that she see's sex right now for procreation only, I can live with that. I'm not sure what else I could have added, she's a pretty smart kid and definitely understood what she read (she's been in advanced reading since kindergarten). I asked her if I could tell Daddy what we talked about so that he would know and she piped up with "just in case I have any other questions". I said absolutely, you know that you can ask either Daddy or I anything at anytime, while all the while thinking, yeah right sweetheart, only if you wanted to call 911 right after Daddy fell to the floor with a heart attack!!
Wow, I guess that my week wasn't so boring after all! One final note, I received the following from my Aunt and thought it too touching not to share.
7 Wonders Of The World
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes:
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall
While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet student hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:
1. to touch
2. to taste
3. to see
4. to hear
She hesitated a little, and then added
5. to feel
6. to laugh
7. and to love
The room was so full of silence you could have heard a pin drop. Those things we overlook as simple and "ordinary" are truly wondrous. A gentle reminder that the most precious things are in front of you.
Your family, your faith, your love, your good health and your friends.
And with that my friends, I leave you until next time,
Stephanie
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