She doesn't like yelling. By "doesn't like" I really mean "doesn't tolerate". She'll give any other kid the stink eye for yelling in the library and if the dog dares to bark, she'll yell "SHUSH!" at her.
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| I rule with an IRON FIST |
She tidies up after me and insists on cleanliness. If I'm cooking or baking and leave the pantry door open, she'll drop what she's doing and run over to close the door. If I leave my phone on the couch, she'll take it to me and say "PHONE!" with a certain amount of judgment in her voice. She hates dirt and if she finds some on the floor, she'll just stand there loudly saying "EWWWW" until I come clean it up.
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| Mommy, how can you STAND this much clutter? Let me help. |
She avoids exuberant toddlers. The only kids she'll tolerate are the kind that will sit quietly next to her and play and the rest (i.e. normal toddlers) are too active and loud for her tastes.
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| Those little people have NO manners. |
Even when given an exciting treat, she maintains her decorum. She had frozen yogurt for the first time today (it's new in town!) and she still stayed calm and collected, which given the behavior of the hordes of other children in the yogurt shop is not the norm.
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| Mommy, why do you keep moving the bowl away from me? |
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| I cannot believe the noise those other "children" insist on making |
Her favorite game is organizing her things. She can spend hours reorganizing her toys and putting them in new boxes and locations in the house. The only bad part is sometimes she'll swipe something that doesn't belong (like the TV remote) and put it away in a spot not easily found for adults. I don't know any other kid that thinks putting away their toys is full of so many giggles and delights.
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| At least once a day you should count and sort your My Little Ponies |
I think it's hilarious to see my husband's personality traits in our kid (if you want to see organized, you should see his T-shirt drawer). If she turns out the same way as him, that will be one less person's laundry to fold since I have a rule that if you care more than me about the crisp corners on the folds of your laundry, then you are doing it yourself. Yes, I'm a real catch and my husband is lucky to have found me.
At least Faith still thinks her afternoon siesta is ladylike because that's the only way I get any real running done lately. I did a little over 2 miles outside early this morning, but running with the stroller is getting really hard and I'm walking every little hill to keep my heart rate at a reasonable level. Running on the treadmill is easier because it's cooler and I have a fan blowing on me, but even with all that, I still feel hot. I did a 10K today (6.2 miles) and wasn't really tempted to make it an even 7 for the day. I'm hoping my sciatic nerve pain will ease up in a few days and running will feel better again!
As a kid, were you like Faith or were you a rough and tumble kind of kid?
How are you staying cool while running in this heat?
She is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteIf you can guarantee me a child like this, I will agree to have children.
ReplyDeleteYou have my word and a money back guarantee.
DeleteToo cute! When I was a kid I was pretty freaked out by being dirty, if I got my hands in dirt too much I'd scream until my Mom cleaned it up. This made potty training me a breeze I've been told. So far Claire seems to have that trait, not to the point of screaming, but she picks at stuff if its messy. She refused to do a cake smash and just kept poking her cupcake for her first birthday. The stubbornness, however, she has as she is already turning into a back sassing toddler.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Faith has some sass for sure. She's not too much of a lady for that. :)
DeleteMan. I know what chores you'll have on her list when she gets older.
ReplyDeleteOne time when I was in elementary school I remember begging my mom to let me take a shower (we only showered every other day unless it was a particurly sweaty day) and I told her it was because someone threw dirt in my hair at daycare. There was no dirt-throwing kid. I just wanted a shower, dangit!
Too bad you didn't have her while I was single. I could have used someone to clean up for me.
ReplyDeleteNow I have a wife. I think that's better.
I need a wife to clean up after me too. These crazy Mormons may be onto something.
DeleteHAHA
DeleteI once washed my own and my brother's hair with mud. Cleanliness was not my thing.
ReplyDeleteI hear mud is a great conditioner.
DeleteFaith sounds like Allan when he was little. His mom says he was so helpful and sweet and clean compared to his older brother who was like a tornado. I was pretty calm, clean, and organized too thanks to my mom.
ReplyDeleteIf Faith continues to be calm and organized as she grows up, it sure won't be thanks to me haha
DeleteI'm a slob. I hate that about me. My husband is even worse. We aren't gross (it's not like there is food/grime/dead kittens laying around), we just aren't good at picking up after ourselves. Charlotte would walk around all day with yogurt between her fingers. Sick.
ReplyDeleteThe kittens really pile up when you stomp one daily.
DeleteIf all kids were like that, I might actually like kids!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what kind of toddler I was, but rumor has it my sister was worse. Just sayin'......:^)
ReplyDeleteMy kids are a strange mix. My son is flaky and messy. I think I'll be picking out his clothes until he goes away to college. My daughter is neat and rule-followery. She's a like tomboy Hermione from Harry Potter. She definitely gets that from my husband.
My husband is a big fan of rules, so hopefully both our kids will share that, not just Faith. :)
DeleteI don't know how I wouldve been but there was no mess in my mothers house. She has OCD for sure. We didn't have a chance to be anything but neat.
ReplyDeleteMy kids don't seem to be anything like me either. The oldest and youngest are athletic like their dad and the middle is a princess (not from me at all) but has the sassiest, stubborn f u attitude. Just
Ike her dad.
Faith has some serious sass, but at least that I know she got from me haha
DeleteI was a tomboy growing up on the farm. Bring on the cows, dirt and four-wheelers.
ReplyDeleteI have the same rule about laundry and therefore didn't do any for the first 2 years of marriage. Somebody finally got their panties out of bind and lowered their standards.
It's been almost 4 years and I still don't fold his laundry anymore. :)
DeleteI think Isabelle and Faith could be buddies :) I guess I never thought of her as overly "lady-like" but she shares several of those traits that you mentioned about Faith.
ReplyDeleteI bet they'd enjoy sitting quietly together. :)
DeleteFaith would not be friends with the B. B leaves a wake of destruction in her path. Plus, she enjoys screaming. I think I was probably the same way. However she is weird about dirty hands. I wish she would put stuff away like Faith. And the pictures are adorable!
ReplyDeleteFaith hates having dirty hands too. She always looks at me with such an expression of disgust and holds out her hands to be washed.
DeleteThat's so funny! A is the same in some ways: she is very exhuberant & loud, but she also has my husband's obsession with getting things symmetrical (like Lego colours), or even eating her chips according to colour (we recently made an M&M cake and my husband told me he always eats them by colour, and WTF, didn't everyone?!).
ReplyDeleteHaha, I totally eat my M&M's, in twos, in a color order. What? Just me?
DeleteFaith is too cute. My brother and I were not like that. My room was always a disaster area. It wasn't until college that I got neurotically clean and organized.
Just the other day we were putting away laundry, and I casually mentioned that in college, I would throw clean laundry on my bed and sleep with it, and just grab clothes in the morning. My husband was like "what happened to that version of ashley?!?!"
Your laundry systems sounds similar to how I'd live now if I didn't share my bed. :)
DeleteFaith eats her rainbow goldfish by color. If she gets access to M&Ms, she doesn't waste time with color order and just shovels them in :)
DeleteIt continues to amaze me how kids really are their own little self despite how much you try to influence them one way or the other. My kids love hauling their toys around in bags and boxes but they hate anything to do with cleaning. I hate cleaning too.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I wasn't like Faith as a kid, but I'm pretty clean and organized right now...Your bathroom counter horrifies me.
ReplyDeleteOur marriage would probably never work.
DeleteI'm a mess and always have been. My husband is too, which is why we need a sisterwife. He assures me that plan isn't nearly as brilliant as I think it is. The first picture of Faith is quite the stink-eye. Kid has it down pat.
ReplyDeleteI'm completely OCD about so many things, but unfortunately cleaning isn't one of them. I only really clean now because I actually own this house, instead of just renting it.
ReplyDeleteYou're one lucky Mama! I was a messy kid (my mom had the OCD cleanliness) but when I moved it - I became equally as OCD.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I was all about food and would throw my bottle against my parent's bedroom wall to indicate I was hungry again. This explains a lot in my life.
I wish my froyo place was open right now.
Haa I like your laundry rule. My husband and I each do our own laundry, he's embarrassed about his and I don't trust him with mine! As a kid I was soooo messy I remember getting yelled at all the time for my messiness...
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I was like when I her age but from the time I can remember, I loved organizing things!
ReplyDeleteOk now I can't wait to have kids and see what they are like. Yesterday I only ran 7 miles and drank all my water and had to stop halfway through and buy another bottle, and it wasn't even as hot as it is in Baltimore. I'm screwed.
ReplyDeletefaith and i are twins :)
ReplyDeletei actually think this week isn't too bad with the heat. last week was awful.
that's really funny - I think P will be the same way, a trait she'll get from me ;)
ReplyDeleteFaith is just awesome. That stink eye is the best ever.
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