Little Mommy

It's no secret that Lydia is Mommy's helper. While this often brings a smile to my face, it also brings some frustrations when she refuses to leave my side for 12 hours every day (with the exception of her nap, of course).

A few weeks ago, Mike and Jonah left for the day. I woke up that morning and said, "It's girls' day, Lydie! What do you want to do today? We can go get ice cream or play with playdoh...."

"Clean play room," she said, "It's really messy."

A little later that day, sticking with the cleaning theme that Lydia desired, I set up my ironing board in Jonah's room. "I'll iron and you have a choice. You can play in your room, you can play in the play room, or you can even play in Jonah's room with his toys since he's not here!"

She sat down on the trampoline in his room and declared, "Sit right here. Take clothes off hangers for you."

Whoa, Lydia. Don't have too much fun on our girls' day!

This evening I was preparing dinner, Jonah was outside playing with the kids in the neighborhood, and Lydia was organizing coupons before she walked out our front door. Wait! Did she just walk out the front door?

"Why did you go outside?" I asked.

"I'm checking on the kids. Jonah's staying safe."

I grabbed a piece of paper so that I could write down her words exactly as she said them.

She left the house again. "I'm just telling Jonah two minutes to come in."

"Actually, Lydia, dinner won't be ready for 12 minutes."

She ran out the door again and yelled, "Are you safe, Jonah?"

"I think he's safe. Do you think so?"

"Yeah."

So she sat down in the kitchen-- and started organizing her coupons again.